Elizabeth White-Olsen

Teaches at WriteSpace Houston

Elizabeth White-Olsen is the founder and director of Writespace. She has two Masters of Fine Arts in Writing degrees. She earned her first MFA in Poetry from Texas State University in San Marcos, and her second in the renowned Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She graduated from Texas State's MFA program with a 4.0 and with Distinction. At Vermont College of Fine Arts, Elizabeth moderated the VCFA forum's Crafty Monday discussions and was nominated for the Thesis Prize. 

Born, in Amarillo, Texas, Elizabeth attended Oberlin College on a National Merit Scholarship and completed her degree at the University of Texas at Austin, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the Plan II Honors program. Elizabeth has taught College Writing, creative writing workshops for high school students, and, most recently, has taught writing at Rice University Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies and at Inprint in Houston. 

Elizabeth has fifteen years of professional writing experience, and her poems and articles have been published both online and in print journals. She currently writes for Houston Chronicle Gray Matters blog and is the author of the poetry collection Given Words.