Elizabeth Adams speaks with an experienced and balanced voice on the divisive issues of worldwide religion and politics, and on Anglican and Episcopalian politics in particular. Readers and reviewers of her writing frequently cite her ability to step back from the issues and speak from a broader viewpoint. 

Her recently published biography, Going to Heaven: The Life and Election of Bishop Gene Robinson, is a case in point, blending perspective with specificity in a way that opens a discussion, rather than closing it. Instead of being a dense tome of church-speak, her book navigates the currents of the ongoing controversy while at the same time offering a close and faceted portrait of the person at the center of an international storm and division.

Adams' well-read blog, TheCassandraPages, is entering its fourth year as a place where she expands her focus, and is joined by responses from her widespread and diverse readership. Her topics are culture, society, place, and spirituality, and these subjects also inspire her essays and articles, published in periodicals and on the web.

She grew up in the rural northeast of the United States, and currently resides in Montréal and Vermont with her husband, photographer Jonathan Sa'adah. She is a member of PEN Canada and the Quebec Writer's Association.