Elizabeth Benedict

Elizabeth Benedict
Benedict at the Martha's Vineyard Book Festival, 2019
NationalityAmerican
EducationBarnard College
Occupations
  • Writer
  • Editor
  • College Admissions Consultant
Websiteelizabethbenedict.com

Elizabeth Benedict is an American author best known for her fiction, her personal essays, as the editor of three anthologies, and for The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers. Her novels are: Slow Dancing, The Beginner's Book of Dreams, Safe Conduct, Almost, and The Practice of Deceit. Her first memoir, Rewriting Illness: A View of My Own, was published in May 2023.[1][2] She lives in New York City and works as a college admissions consultant.[3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ Frank, Joan (May 11, 2023). "Elizabeth Benedict's 'Rewriting Illness' injects tragicomedy into a personal account of cancer diagnosis and treatment". The Boston Globe. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  2. ^ REWRITING ILLNESS | Kirkus Reviews.
  3. ^ "The Writer's Almanac for Friday, December 20, 2019". Garrison Keillor. December 20, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Birnbaum, Robert (September 20, 2006). "Author Interview: Elizabeth Benedict". Identity Theory. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  5. ^ Baird, Robert. "Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives, edited by Elizabeth Benedict". Bookforum. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  6. ^ Shea, Jack (July 24, 2019). "Getting into College: Guide Elizabeth Benedict advises high schoolers not to 'Sweat the Essay.'". MVTimes. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  7. ^ "Contributor: Elizabeth Benedict". HuffPost. Retrieved January 6, 2020.