Eliza Louise (she/her)
I'm a fantasy writer whose stories are infused with surrealist imagery. As an immigrant with Middle Eastern and European heritage, I write about outcasts searching for a place in the world, be it our world or another. (Write what you know, she whispers, while hunched over her laptop like an arthritic goblin.)
With a BFA in painting, my focus and passion shifted to writing when I began seeking more ways to escape reality. I've since studied creative writing through short-term programmes at the University of Oxford, University of Toronto, and Yale University - where I attended the Yale Writers' Workshop 2023.
Though a novelist by nature, I also write many short stories (and was shortlisted in Voyage YA's Lucky No. 7 Contest for my flash fiction story, 'A Daughter Called Hope') and dabble in poetry (my poem 'For Now' was turned into a public art project in Canada in the spring of 2023).
In 2025, I was long-listed for the Mslexia Children's and YA Novel Writing Prize.
When not writing (or working my 9 - 5 that often bleeds me dry of what little sanity I have left) my hobbies include self-deprecation, thinking about writing and convincing myself that it's the same thing as actually writing, and staring blankly into the void.
PROJECTS
I'm currently finalizing the submission package for my third book, a Dark Academia Adult Fantasy about grief, astronomy, sorcery, academia (a realm both treasured and detested) and the way friendships change as we get older. I hope to begin querying in spring 2026.
My previous projects have included epic fantasy with monsters and bandits, and gothic fantasy with witches and deadly flora. In 2026, I'm setting my sights back on epic fantasy – my first love – as I draft a story set in a secondary world I've been creating for many years. Full of adventure, greed, lostness, and the strange visuals I've become known for by my beta readers and critique partners (that have them saying things like, "your brain is really weird. Are you okay?"), I'm very excited to continue putting everything I have into my writing journey.
Let's see what 2026 holds...