Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (1889–1955) was an American novelist and short story writer. She primarily authored fiction in the hardboiled subgenre of detective novels.
Elisaveta Bagryana, born Elisaveta Lyubomirova Belcheva, was a Bulgarian poet who wrote her first verses while living with her family in Veliko Tarnovo in 1907–08. She, along with Dora Gabe (1886–1983), is considered one of the "first ladies of Bulgarian women's literature". She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.
Elisaveta Ivanovna Bykova was a Soviet chess player and twice Women's World Chess Champion, from 1953 until 1956, and again from 1958 to 1962. She was awarded the titles of Woman International Master in 1950, International Master in 1953, and Woman Grandmaster in 1976. In 2013, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.
Elise Allen is an American author, television producer and screenwriter. Allen is a New York Times best-selling author and an Emmy nominated writer, known for co-creating the animated series Rainbow Rangers, writing numerous scripts for the Barbie film series, co-writing Elixir with Hilary Duff and co-authoring the Gabby Duran & the Unsittables book series, which was turned into a series on the Disney Channel.
Elise Broach is an American writer. Her publications include the acclaimed novels Shakespeare's Secret, Desert Crossing, and Masterpiece. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from Yale University and lives in Easton, Connecticut.
Emilie Charlotte Elise Polko, née Vogel (31 January 1823 in Leipzig or in Schloß Wackerbarth 'Wackerbarthsruhe' castle, Radebeul, Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony – 15 May 1899 in Munich, German Empire) was a German singer and novelist.
Elise Primavera is an American author and illustrator of children's novels. She arrived on the literary scene in 1981 as an illustrator for Atheneum, Putnam, and other publishing houses. Over the course of the last three decades, she has been a prolific illustrator and has written and illustrated several well-received books of her own.
