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Elizabeth Gauffreau
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America
Genres: Literary Fiction, Other Poetry, Historical Fiction, General Poetry, Nature Poetry
Skills: Press/Media Interview, Reading/Literary Event, Speaking Engagement/Lecture, Writing Workshop
Elizabeth Gauffreau writes fiction and poetry with a strong connection to family and place. Her work has been widely published in literary magazines, as well as several themed anthologies. Her short story “Henrietta’s Saving Grace” was awarded the 2022 Ben Nyberg prize for fiction by Choeofpleirn Press.
She has published a novel, Telling Sonny, and two collections of photopoetry, Grief Songs: Poems of Love & Remembrance, and Simple Pleasures: Haiku from the Place Just Right.
Her second novel, The Weight of Snow and Regret, based on the closing of the last poor farm in Vermont in 1968, is due out in October 2025.
Liz's professional background is in nontraditional higher education, including academic advising, classroom and online teaching, curriculum development, and program administration. She received the Granite State College Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2018. Liz lives in Nottingham, New Hampshire with her husband. Find her online at https://lizgauffreau.
Elizabeth Gauffreau's books
Grief Songs: Poems of Love & Remembrance
"Poetry readers willing to walk the road of grief and family connections will find Grief Songs: Poems of Love & Remembrance a psychological treasure trove. It's a very accessible poetic tribute that brings with it something to hold onto--the memories and foundations of past family joys, large and small." ~Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review
Telling Sonny: The Story of a Girl Who Loved the Vaudeville Show
Telling Sonny is a coming-of-age novel set in the 1920s, when much of vaudeville had devolved into the Small Time. Not so for Faby Gauthier, a naïve girl from the small village of Enosburg Falls, Vermont. For Faby, the annual vaudeville show that comes to the village is worthy of the Great White Way itself.