Elizabeth Nicholas’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and TIME. 

A recipient of MacDowell fellowships in 2025 and 2023, she holds an MFA from New York University’s Creative Writing Program, where she was a Provost’s Global Research Initiative Fellow. Her interdisciplinary MA in the humanities is from the University of Edinburgh, and her BA in history is from Harvard University. Her work has been shortlisted and longlisted for the Disquiet Prize.

She is represented by United Talent Agency.