A recovering academic in love with queer southern stories. She believes that words are weapons and a few good stories can change the world. She was one of the founding members of the Young Women's Writing Group in 1997 and is now the facilitator of that group as well as of the Writing With Intent Group. She is the co-editor of The Charis Review and facilitates the Queer Literary Fiction Group. She is a native Atlantan and loves the community of words and writers in this city. You can reach her at Elizabeth@Chariscircle.org.