Hi! I’m Elizabeth Ditty. I live in Kansas City, but my mind is often elsewhere. I can be summoned with wine, coffee, or enough time for a power nap. I write about earnest characters struggling through coming-of-middle-age crises and usually finding love along the way (even in horror). Nice to meet you!

As a screenwriter, I’m repped by Seth Nagel, and you can find a list of accolades and available scripts over at Coverfly.

You can find me on bluesky, twitter, instagram, goodreads and linkedin — or shoot me an email at izzi [dot] ditty [at] gmail.com.

Interviews & More

• Script Magazine: Creating Space for Writers of a Certain Age – February 20, 2024
• Script Magazine: Where Genre Has No Limits: Spotlight on Screenwriter Elizabeth Ditty – September 29, 2021
• Zaftyg – Female Screenwriters Series: Meet Elizabeth Ditty – February 24, 2021
• What Are You Working On? – November 5, 2020
• The Thing (a scene-specific study for writers, actors & directors) – Episode 3: THE FAMILY JEWELS – August 30, 2020
• Bedtime Stories: Author Interview with Elizabeth Ditty – 2017

Prose & Poetry

My published prose and poetry can be found in the following benevolent journals & lit mags:

• Memoir Mixtapes, Vol. 7, Track 20 – Just a Girl (creative nonfiction)
• L’Éphémère Review, Issue 12 – Pigeons (creative nonfiction)
• [out of print] Moonchild Magazine, Issue 5 – Spark (flash fiction)
• Memoir Mixtapes, Vol. 9, Track 01 – Sweet Child O’ Mine (as Sung by Taken by Trees) (creative nonfiction, nominated for Best of the Net)
• [out of print] Tiny Essays – Exit & Enter (creative nonfiction)
• Black Bough Poetry, Issue 3: Yolk – Spider (micropoetry)
  • Also available in No Spider Harmed in the Making of This Book, an anthology from Arachne Press
• Memoir Mixtapes – Ditty Recommends: The Next Right Thing by Kristen Bell from Frozen 2 (an essay on the loss of my father)
• Luna Luna Mag – Screaming (poetry)