Elizabeth Rynecki is an author and documentary filmmaker. Her first book, Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter’s Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy was published by NAL/Penguin Random House in 2016. Her documentary of the same name is distributed by First Run Features in New York. The film is available as a Video on Demand across multiple platforms. Elizabeth is currently working on a podcast (with a documentary filmmaker friend) about parenting an ADHDer. Her latest book project (a novel) was inspired by real events. She runs the Authors Answer blog where she promotes authors by asking them to answer questions about their life off the written page. Elizabeth has been featured in the New York Times, been a guest on NPR affiliate stations, and been the featured speaker at bookstores, libraries, book festivals, and film screenings around the world. She has a BA in Rhetoric from Bates College and an MA in Rhetoric and Communication from UC Davis. She is also a licensed California Real Estate Broker. She lives in Oakland, California with her husband, two sons, and three black cats.
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