Elizabeth was born in Canberra in 1944. She moved with her family to Geneva, Switzerland in 1952, where she spent eight formative years.At seventeen she left home to attend Sydney University. She always knew she had been sexually abused by her father, but she had no awareness of the connection between the abuse and her mental health and relationship issues.Elizabeth studied professional writing at CCAE. She had a successful career as a social worker and the deep professional and personal connections she made confirmed the importance of survivors being heard and being believed.Elizabeth retired in 2010, and she started work on her memoir during the pandemic.Elizabeth is mother to three children and grandmother to one granddaughter.