About
Elizabeth Shick is an award-winning novelist whose writing is influenced by her many years abroad—including six years in Myanmar, where her THE GOLDEN LAND is set. With a background in international development, she has also lived and worked in Angola, Gambia, Italy, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Shick currently divides her time between Dhaka, Bangladesh, and West Tisbury, Massachusetts. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from Lesley University and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University. Her debut novel, THE GOLDEN LAND, is the winner of the 2021 AWP Prize for the Novel.
Featured Work
The Golden Land
Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, THE GOLDEN LAND digs deep into the complexities of family history and relationships. Etta Montgomery is a Boston-based labor lawyer coming to terms with the love and loss she experienced as a teenager during a 1988 family reunion in Burma. When Etta’s grandmother dies, she is compelled to travel back to Myanmar (Burma) to explore the complicated adolescent memories of her grandmother’s family and the violence she witnessed there. Full of rich detail and intricate relationships, THE GOLDEN LAND seeks to uncover those personal narratives that might lie beneath the surface of historical accounts.
Other Works
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THE GOLDEN LAND
2022
Awards and Recognition
- 2021 AWP Prize for the Novel
