Eliza Lanesford Cushing (October 19, 1794 – May 4, 1886)[1] was an American-Canadian dramatist, short story writer, and editor. The daughter of Hannah Webster Foster and sister of Harriet Vaughan Cheney, both novelists, she wrote a number of plays including Esther and The Fatal Ring, and edited Literary Garland, Canada's main literary magazine at the time.