Elizabeth Zetlin’s previous publications include Said the River (Penumbra Press, 1995), Connections (Always Press, 1994), and Ghost of Glenelg (Always Press, 1995), all collaborations with visual artists. Her chapbook The Gourd Poems received the 1999 Canadian Poetry Association’s Shaunt Basmajian Award. Her poetry has also received a Stephen Leacock Award (1998), and her first short story an honourable mention at the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival.

In addition to writing, Elizabeth works as a visual artist, creating installations such as ornamental gourds inscribed with images or words.

Born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, she now lives in Toronto and Traverston, Ontario.