Elizabeth Farren was born and raised in New York City, and has been a resident in Rome, Italy for almost two decades. She received her BA in English from Columbia University, and her MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. At Bennington, she worked with Amy Hempel and Christine Schutt. Her work has been published in 7 Stories from Rome {Anthology}, Prick of a Spindle, The 13th Warrior Review, Verso, and The Columbia Review. She was chosen by Mary Gaitskill as a finalist for the Summer Literary Seminars, and her novel, Don’t Tell Them You’re American was a finalist in the Evening House Press Grassic Short Novel Prize. Elizabeth began teaching at John Cabot in January of 2022. Prior to John Cabot, she taught literature, composition, and creative writing at Keiser University, where she also headed their online writing lab. She is deeply passionate about reading, music, art, imagination, human rights, feminism, equal justice, and integrity.