Elizabeth Jaikaran is a New York-based author and lawyer, with work published across a spectrum of print and digital media. She began writing at the age of eight and, since then, has published fiction, non-fiction, legal commentary, poetry, and comedy. She is the child of Guyanese immigrants, born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Queens. Jaikaran's writing has appeared in the Huffington Post, Playboy, The Higgs Weldon, Brown Girl Magazine, Drunk Magazine, SILENT Magazine, Literally, Darling Magazine, The Muslim Observer, Bruk Out Media, PREE Lit, Human/Kind Journal, and Defunkt Magazine. Her first book, Trauma: A Collection of Short Stories, was published by Shanti Arts in 2017, and is recognized as a critically acclaimed work. Waiting for a Name is her first collection of poetry.-lizjaikaran.com