ELIZABETH BARTASIUS is the author of award-winning novel, The Elegant Out, praised by Kirkus Reviews as “…a riveting tale of maturing womanhood and an insightful peek into the creative process.” 

Lauded a ‘word colorist’ with a distinct lyrical style and unflinching strokes, she writes to explore the intersecting psychology of human connection, hardships, and the stories we tell ourselves to live.

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Her awards include Winner of the 2020 International Book Awards (Book Cover, Fiction), Finalist of the 2020 International Book Awards (Novella, Fiction) and Finalist of the 2017 William Faulkner-William Creative Writing Competition for The Elegant Out.

Bartasius is a Story Grid Certified Editor and worked for over a decade with memoirists and non-fiction authors to cultivate their unique voice, develop influential stories, and share their transformative wisdom. In 1996, she graduated from CU-Boulder, School of Journalism. 

She lives in the Caribbean with her husband and island family.

After a long sabbatical, she’s back at her desk writing a rites of passage novel about a young girl who must question a secret she holds dear in order to find the love and belonging she seeks.

READ the Prologue of her current work-in-progress: The Word Keeper.

"We look to stories to break from the constructs of the day, to make sense of the world, to heal, wander, tweeze, play, strut, re-wild, evolve,  and rise boldy."