ELIZABETH COLEMAN is a playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Elizabeth’s play Secret Bridesmaids’ Business broke box office records when it debuted at Playbox Malthouse and the Sydney Theatre Companies in 1999 and was nominated for the NSW Premier’s Literary Prize. It has since spawned over three hundred productions throughout Australia and internationally, including a Japanese musical adaptation and two screen adaptations. Elizabeth’s earlier play It’s My Party (And I’ll Die If I Want To) also broke box office records when it debuted at the legendary La Mama Theatre in 1993. It’s My Party has attracted over two hundred and fifty productions in Australia and internationally, including a twentieth anniversary national tour. As a screenwriter Elizabeth’s credits include Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, The Secret Life of Us, SeaChange and the ABC adaptation of Secret Bridesmaids’ Business. Her first novel, Losing the Plot, was published through Allen and Unwin in 2019, with a new edition released in March 2025. Elizabeth has also written books One and Two in the Edwina ‘Ted’ Bristol Murder Mystery Series, A Routine Infidelity and A Dance with Murder, released through Pantera Press in 2023 and 2024.