She graduated from the University of Sydney in Arts Law, majoring in English and having studied Classics. She lives with her husband and two sons in Sydney and over the years has worked as a solicitor, corporate lawyer, chartered secretary and is now a corporate writer.
Researched and written over a period of ten years, Elisabeth's first novel, The Wedding Shroud, is set in early Rome and Etruria and was published by Pier 9 Murdoch Books. She is currently writing the sequel which will be released in 2013.