Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch is a Greek American writer exploring the intersections of modern life and Greek myths, folk stories and women’s oral histories. She believes in the lasting power of a well-told story, especially those from women traditionally excluded from the historic record.

A Tin House Summer Workshop alumna, Elizabeth was awarded two individual artist grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency and has been an artist-in-residence at Ragdale and Vermont Studio Center. Her fiction has appeared in The Sunlight Press and Mississippi Review, where she was a finalist for the 2021 Fiction Prize. Her essays and arts criticism have appeared in Newcity magazine, the Chicago Review of Books, Third Coast Review, Take ONE Magazine and The MidWeek. Elizabeth holds a BA from WashU, where she was a Howard Nemerov Writing Scholar, and serves on the board of StoryStudio Chicago. She is working on her first novel: a Greek American immigrant story narrated by a chorus of opinionated village women, woven with folktales, magical realism and the history of a Greek revolutionary heroine.

Elizabeth is represented by Emily Forland at Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents.

Elizabeth is also a public relations and communications consultant for arts, nonprofit and mission-driven organizations. For information about Elizabeth Neukirch PR Consulting, visit this LinkedIn page.

Photo by Diane Alexander White