Elizabeth Peavey

Elizabeth Peavey is the author of Outta My Way: An Odd Life Lived Loudly, a collection of columns from her Casco Bay Weekly days, and of  Maine & Me: 10 Years of Down East Adventures, which was awarded the Maine Literary Award for Best Maine-themed Book. Her essays and articles appear frequently in Down East magazine, where she has been a contributing editor since 1997. Her monthly humor column, “Outta My Yard,” can be found at thebollard.com. She has taught public speaking at the University of Southern Maine since 1993 and has served as guest lecturer of creative nonfiction at University of Maine, Farmington. Her latest book, Glorious Slow Going: Maine Stories of Art, Friendship and Adventure, a collaboration with renowned Maine landscape painter Marguerite Robichaux, is due out in 2012.