Elizabeth Robinson is the author of 20 books, including Rendered Paradise (with Susanne Dyckman), Thirst & Surfeit, and Excursive. Her poetry has earned the National Poetry Series for Pure Descent and the Fence Modern Poets Prize for Apprehend, among other recognitions.

Robinson has taught at the University of San Francisco, Naropa University, and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She is currently a senior pastor at Orinda Community Church in the Bay Area and teaches at Lighthouse Writers’ Workshop. Robinson lives with her husband, poet Randy Prunty.