Elizabeth Searle
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Elizabeth Searle

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Elizabeth Searle is the author of six books of fiction, with a new thriller novel, LOCK HER UP, coming out in October of 2026. Her most recent book, out in 2025, is THE DRAMA ROOM: A Collection in Three Acts (Pierian Springs Press, 2025). The Drama Room was praised by KIRKUS REVIEWS for "Daring plots with evocative prose and complex characters." Her previous books are: WE GOT HIM (new from New Rivers Press, 2016; AudioBook in 2018), GIRL HELD IN HOME (2011, New Rivers Press), CELEBRITIES IN DISGRACE (new eBook from PFP press, 2011) A FOUR-SIDED BED (new paperback from PFP press, 2011) and MY BODY TO YOU (new paperback from U. IA Press). Elizabeth is also co-writer on a feature film I'LL SHOW YOU MINE (Duplass Brothers, 2023) which is available on AmazonPrime, Peacock and more. She also conceived of and wrote libretto for a theater work, TONYA & NANCY: THE ROCK OPERA, which is based on the Harding/Kerrigan skate scandal and which has drawn national media attention and has been produced in Boston, LA, New York City (as part of NYMF) and Chicago and more. Elizabeth won the Iowa Short Fiction prize for MY BODY TO YOU (James Salter, judge). A FOUR-SIDED BED appeared on the Boston Globe Paperback bestseller list, was an editor's choice on Amazon and was nominated for an ALA book award. Her CELEBRITIES IN DISGRACE was called a 'miniature masterpiece' in the New York Times Book Review and was produced as a short film in 2010. A FOUR-SIDED BED is in development as a feature film. Elizabeth's work has appeared in anthologies such as KNITTING YARNS (Norton, 2014), MEN UNDRESSED: Women Writers on Male Sexual Experience (2011, Dzanc Books) and DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME (Simon & Schuster, 2007). Over thirty of her stories have been published in magazines including Ploughshares, Redbook, Kenyon Review & New England Review. She earned her BA from Oberlin College and her MA from Brown University. She has taught fiction writing at Emerson College, UMass Boston and Bennington MFA. She teaches fiction, pop fiction and scriptwriting in the Stonecoast MFA program. She lives in MA. She is a past winner of a Literary Death Match. Both her rock opera and her feature film I'LL SHOW YOU MINE have drawn national media attention.
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