Elizabeth Searle is the author of four books of fiction: 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 forthcoming from U. IA Press). Elizabeth 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. 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 by Bravo Sierra Pictures, which is now developing A FOUR-SIDED BED as a feature film. Elizabeth's stories have appeared in anthologies such as 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 with her husband and son. She won Boston's 2010 Literary Death Match.