ELIZABETH EARLEY
Writer. Novelist. Memoirist. Essayist.
ABOUT
Artists and Writers Unite to Lead a Cultural Revolution, Healing the Wounds of Hate Through Creative Expression
We’re living in trying times. Between the US government, the rise of the religious right, and the record-breaking number of anti-queer laws — now, more than ever — we need each other. As a writer, influencer, and creative change agent, my goal is to do everything in my power to elevate historically marginalized voices like mine.
I am a queer, ex-Christian, scientist turned agnostic with magical thinking and the parent of two children co-parenting with other queer parents. I am the author of the popular Substack series, Queering Reality, with 100,000 subscribers. I am also the author of two novels: A Map of Everything, a debut finalist for the Lambda Literary Prize; and Like Wings, Your Hands (Red Hen Press), winner of the Women’s Prose Prize (judged by Aimee Bender), the American Fiction Prize for Best LGBTQ novel, and a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction by the Publishing Triangle, alongside Ocean Vuong and Jacqueline Woodson. In addition to two published works of fiction, I hold an MFA in Fiction from Antioch University-Los Angeles. My stories and essays have appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, The First Line Magazine, Fugue, Hair Trigger, and Glimmer Train, among other publications. I was awarded the David Friedman Memorial Prize for Fiction and was twice a finalist for the AWP New Journals Award. I have received two Pushcart nominations and was a finalist for the 2011 Bakeless Literary Prize for Fiction. I am currently the president of Jaded Ibis Press, a nonprofit feminist press committed to publishing socially engaged literature.
BOOKS
QUEERING REALITY
Welcome to Queering Reality, a series of writings and interviews that dares to challenge norms and break boundaries around stuck perspectives. In a society that often seeks to define and confine identities, Queering Reality is a space where we deconstruct those barriers, explore the nuances of human experience, and celebrate the richness of human diversity.
Our Mission is telling the experience of the LGBTQ+ community and beyond. We believe that by queering our understanding of reality—by questioning and redefining the norms—we can create a more inclusive, compassionate, and vibrant world.