Elisabeth de Mariaffi

Elisabeth de Mariaffi is a Canadian writer, whose debut short story collection How to Get Along With Women was a longlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and a shortlisted nominee for the ReLit Award in 2013.

Her poetry and fiction have been published in literary magazines including CV2, Descant, The Fiddlehead, This Magazine and The New Quarterly. Her first poetry chapbook, Letter on St. Valentine's Day, was published in 2009.

Originally from Toronto, Ontario, She also works as a writing mentor in the Master of Fine Arts in Fiction program at the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.