Elise Valmorbida
Author

Elise Valmorbida grew up Italian in Australia, and lives in London. Her award-winning fourth novel The Madonna of the Mountains is published internationally in several languages and editions. Elise is also an award-winning indie-film producer and script-consultant. In this role, she wrote
SAXON: The Making of a Guerrilla Film. Her most recent non-fiction is a creative writing guide: The Happy Writing Book. Her much-anticipated new novel will be published in 2027/2028.

Books

Elise teaches creative writing with Central Saint Martins, Faber Academy, Guardian Masterclasses, Arvon, Writers Victoria, literary festivals and community-building organisations. She is founder-director of communications consultancy word-design, and former External Examiner for the MA in Professional Writing at Falmouth University. She serves on the advisory board of The Literary Consultancy (as of 2026), and is a member of Writers Victoria, English PEN, the Royal Society of Literature and The Society of Authors. Her literary agent is Clare Alexander of Aitken Alexander Associates.

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