Elizabeth Austin’s writing has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, Narratively, McSweeney’s, Ms. Magazine, and The Sun, among others. She has been a guest on podcasts, penned essays for newsletters, and contributed to anthologies. She is co-editor of the forthcoming anthology, Root Cause: Stories of health, harm, and reclaiming our humanity in an epidemic of loneliness. She lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with her two children and their many pets.
Selected work
- Nonfiction
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Breaking the Bottle: How I Chose Sobriety for My Children
Sober App, 2025
Why I Never Say I’m Sober
newly sober, 2025
Body Talk
Hard Copy, 2024
When Your Child Has Cancer, Every Day is World Mental Health Day
Inspire the Mind, 2025
Making Friends With My Nemesis
Write or Die Magazine, 2024
Final Girl: Single Parenting, Horror Movies, and the Will to Survive
Write or Die Magazine, 2024
The Gift of a Good Editor
Brevity Blog, 2024
Writing the Wounds Closed
Writing in the Dark, 2024
Finding Comfort in the Horror of Stephen King's Maine
Reactor Mag, 2022
Timing
The Sun, 2024
My 13-year-old told me he wasn't ready for anyone else to join our family. So I broke up with the man I was dating.
Business Insider, 2024
While My Daughter Had Cancer. I Left Her Behind to Go to Ireland
Thrillist, 2024
Ozempic Ended the Food Fixation I Didn’t Realize I Had
Jenny Magazine, 2024
My friends ghosted me during my daughter's cancer treatment, but it taught me something
2024
I Felt Like I Was Failing At 'The Talk' — And Then Chappell Roan Fixed Everything
HuffPost, 2024
My 8-Year-Old Was Suffering From Cancer. To Keep Her Alive, I Made An Unthinkable Choice.
HuffPost, 2024
The Cost of Distrust: How RFK Jr.’s Leadership Threatens Families Like Mine,The Cost of Distrust: How RFK Jr.’s Leadership Threatens Families Like Mine - Ms. Magazine
Ms. Magazine, 2025
An Open Letter to the Old Man Who Bartered with My Cancer-Patient Daughter at the Community Yard Sale Fundraiser
McSweeney's Internet Tendency, 2025
I Was the World’s Worst Cancer Mom
Narratively, 2025