Elisabeth Carroll Parks is a writer, editor, and teacher.  

After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, Elisabeth moved to Nashville, where she worked at Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) for seven years, ultimately serving as director of editorial. During her tenure at BMI, Elisabeth also earned her M.A. in English literature from Belmont University. Classes in creative writing, healing through writing, theory, and advanced literary criticism have shaped her approach to composition.

Professionally, Elisabeth moved on to freelance writing, specializing in artist bios commissioned by record labels, publicists, and the musicians themselves. 

Over the last decade, Elisabeth has written official bios for a broad range of performers, including blues legend Taj Mahal, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Chris Hillman, comedian Taylor Tomlinson, and Hootie and the Blowfish, as well as Hayes Carll, Trampled by Turtles, Lori McKenna, John Moreland, Sam Bush, Molly Tuttle, Turnpike Troubadours, American Aquarium, The Earls of Leicester, Deer Tick, Old Crow Medicine Show founder and frontman Ketch Secor, and many more. She has also penned pieces for a variety of outlets, including CMT.com, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Houston Chronicle, the Bluegrass Situation, and more.

Today, Elisabeth continues to write bios, and contributes to various publications including Houstonia. She is also hard at work on a creative nonfiction book profiling farmers in the Houston region, slated to be published by Texas A&M University Press.