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Elizabeth Broadbent

Writer

Elizabeth Broadbent is a neurodivergent journalist with bylines in The Washington Post, Insider, and TODAY Parents who has written for ADDitude for more than a decade.

https://www.writerelizabethbroadbent.com

Elizabeth Broadbent is the author of Blood Cypress (Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2025), Ink Vine, and Ninety-Eight Sabers (both Undertaker Books, 2024). She was also an eight-year staff writer for Scary Mommy, where she wrote about the intersections of parenting, mental health, neurodivergence, feminism, and politics. Her essay, “A Mother’s White Privilege,” is used by anti-racism programs in universities and activist organizations worldwide. Broadbent has appeared as a guest on BBC World News, MSNBC, CNN, and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” An exiled South Carolinian, she lives in the Commonwealth of Virginia with her husband, three sons, two dogs, four cats, and a flock of crows. 

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