Women's Author
Some women are mothers.
Some women are daughters.
Some women are both.
Elizabeth Wilcox writes for all women.
Elizabeth's latest book is a literary fiction about the dying, overlooked daughter of a famous 19th century medical clairvoyant who defied convention and the medical establishment to become one of the richest, self-employed women in Vermont. A first draft of the novel was a semi-finalist for the Big Moose Literary Prize. An early chapter earned Elizabeth finalist for the Vermont Writer's Prize.
Elizabeth's earlier book, The Long Tail of Trauma: A Memoir (Green Writers Press, 2020) explored the legacy of trauma across five generations of mothers. VPR's Mitch Wertlieb called the memoir "compassionate and compelling". The critically acclaimed memoir continues to average four stars on both Amazon and Goodreads.
Elizabeth wrote her first book,The Mom Economy: The Mothers' Guide to Getting Family-Friendly Work (Berkley 2003) after having given birth to her third child and her second became acutely ill. For it, she drew on the wisdom of more than a hundred mothers she surveyed and interviewed about how to navigate childrearing and earning an income. Then syndicated columnist Joyce Lain Kennedy called the job guide one of the best career books of 2003.
While being an author, Elizabeth has worked in parallel as a writer, editorial strategist, and communications specialist, beginning her career in print, broadcast, and digital media as a business journalist and producer in England, Hong Kong, and the United States. As her children grew, she shifted her professional work toward creating content with a focus on women, children, education, and health (mental and physical)--all of which have continued to inform her work as an author.
Now an empty nester, Elizabeth has begun writing a commercial fiction series about a late, middle-aged woman trying to find her purpose after her children have left home. She continues to work as a writer, content producer, and editorial strategist with a focus on health.