Elizabeth Austen's poems have appeared in the anthology Poets Against the War, the South African journal Carapace, Pontoon, and the Seattle Review, among others. She produces literary programming for KUOW, 94.9, public radio, and earned an MFA in Creative Writing at Antioch University-Los Angeles. She was a 2003 Jack Straw Writer and is an alumna of Hedgebrook, a retreat for women writers.