Elizabeth Laytin works as a freelance journalist for local papers in the East Hampton, New York area, writing about the lives of its residents, conservation, and community issues. She has also published short stories about adolescents and growing up under difficult circumstances.
She is a voracious reader of classical and modern fiction, addicted to reading short stories appearing in The New Yorker.
Her first novel, Come Here, Go Away, has been rejected by prestigious agents nationwide.