Elizabeth Logan Harris, a Virginia native, has been based in New York City for two decades. Her credits include filmmaking, teaching, writing, and editing. In collaboration with visual artist Leslie Kerby, Harris is currently co-editing the anthology FERRIED AWAY: Reflections on Governors Island.

Winner of the 2018 Mississippi Review nonfiction award, Harris has published work in numerous magazines and journals, including Colorado Review, Conjunctions, failbetter,

Fourth Genre (forthcoming), Guernica, Longreads, New England Review, and Sequestrum.

Harris’s profile on 19th century African American culinary pioneer John Dabney appeared in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, marking the return of Dabney’s historic mint julep cup to Richmond (Virginia Museum of History and Culture).

Harris is a 2025 Arctic Circle Residency fellow and will soon be sailing the waters around Svalbard. She has also been a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Vermont Studio Center.

With filmmaker Jennifer Callahan, Harris co-wrote and co-produced the 2010 independent film "The Bungalows of Rockaway," which premiered on public television (WNET, Viewer Favorite). Harris taught writing and literature at St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn) and Brooklyn College (CUNY). Before moving to NYC, Harris worked as a writer, performer, and producer of theater and film in Ohio and Kentucky for nearly a decade. As a volunteer, Harris researches African American history in conjunction with the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia. Harris holds degrees from Brown University (BA), the University of Virginia (MA), and Brooklyn College (MFA). Harris currently serves on the board of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Association in Auvillar, France.