Elizabeth Shick

Elizabeth Shick is an award-winning novelist whose writing is influenced by her many years abroad—including six years in Myanmar, where her debut novel, The Golden Land, is set. With a background in international development, she has also lived and worked in Angola, Bangladesh, Gambia, Italy, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. She now lives in Massachusetts, where she works as Adult Program Coordinator for the Vineyard Haven Library, serves on the Board of Cambridge Common Writers, and pens the Substack newsletter, Author Abroad. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from Lesley University and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University. The Golden Land is the winner of the 2021 AWP Prize for the Novel.