Elise is a trans writer living in Providence, RI. She was a finalist for the Ploughshares Emerging Artist Contest and the Queer-Art Mentorship. Early drafts of her novel were awarded a fellowship at the GrubStreet Novel Generator and two scholarships at the Craigardan Writers’ Residency in 2023 and 2024. Her short stories have been published in Vol. 1 Brooklyn, the upcoming _Figuration Anthology published by Gnashing Teeth, and her flash fiction was a finalist in the 2024 American Short Fiction Contest. When she’s not writing, she is the director of a tech company and has a background in marketing. She plays in a punk band and lives in a very old house with her wife, Kristen, and dog, Gus.