Elizabeth Broadbent is the author of Blood Cypress (Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2025), Ink Vine, and Ninety-Eight Sabers (both Undertaker Books, 2024). A former journalist with bylines in The Washington Post, Insider, ADDitude Magazine, and TODAY! Parents, she was an eight-year staff writer for Scary Mommy; her essay, “A Mother’s White Privilege,” is used by anti-racism programs in universities and activist organization worldwide. She has appeared as a guest on BBC World News, MSNBC, CNN, and NPR’s All Things Considered. An exiled South Carolinian, Broadbent lives in the Commonwealth of Virginia with her husband, three sons, two dogs, and many cats.