Elizabeth Zelvin

Poet, Fiction Writer

New York, NY
New York US
Email: 
elizabethzelvin@gmail.com
Website: 
elizabethzelvin.com

Author's Bio

Elizabeth Zelvin writes two long-running fiction series, the Mendoza Family Saga and the Bruce Kohler Mysteries. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine has called her "one of our genre's most celebrated short story writers." Her poetry was published widely during the Second Wave of the women's movement and collected as I Am the Daughter. Her second book of poems explored the experience of the therapist at midlife. A third poetry book, The Old Lady Shows Her Mettle, is forthcoming. Liz was one of the pioneers of online mental health.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthologies:
Me Too Short Stories: An Anthology (Level Best Books, 2019)
,
Where Crime Never Sleeps: Murder New York Style 4 (Level Best Books, 2017)
Books:
Voyage of Strangers (Lake Union Publishing, 2014)
,
Death Will Extend Your Vacation (Five Star Publishing, 2012)
,
Death Will Help You Leave Him (Minotaur Press, 2009)
,
Death Will Get You Sober (St. Martin's Press, 2008)
Journals:
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
,
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
,
Yellow Mama

Poetry

Anthology:
Sarah's Daughters Sing (K'Tav Publishing House, 1990)
Books:
Gifts & Secrets: Poems of the Therapeutic Relationship (New Rivers Press, 1999)
,
I Am the Daughter (New Rivers Press, 1981)
Journals:
And Then
,
Home Planet News
,
Jewish Women's Literary Annual
,
Yellow Mama
Prizes won: 

CAPS Award for Poetry (New York State Council on the Arts), 1983

Finalist, Derringer Award for Best Short Story, 2011, 2015, 2017

Finalist, Agatha Award for Best Short Story, 2007, 2009, 2011

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American, Feminist, Jewish
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
New York, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Queens, NY
New York
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Last update: Nov 12, 2024