Elizabeth Passarella is a contributing editor for Southern Living and former editor at Real Simple and Vogue (and UWS mom!). She has spent more than 20 years writing about food, travel, home design, and parenting in outlets including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Parents, Martha Stewart Weddings, Coastal Living, Airbnb Magazine, and Apartment Therapy’s The Kitchn.

Enjoy reading signed copies of Elizabeth's hilarious and delightful books.

Good Apple

Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York
A Real Simple Best Book of the Year 2021

In her witty debut, Elizabeth details the strange sacredness of life in Manhattan as a Southerner who once worked for Ralph Reed but is now a committed Democrat. With stories about everything from fighting with her husband on public sidewalks to discovering, after eleven years, that her refrigerator has an automatic ice machine she’d never used, Elizabeth draws readers in with her humor and vulnerability. Good Apple is a love letter to New York City and a breath of fresh air for anyone who knows what it’s like to contain multitudes.

It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway
And Other Thoughts on Moving Forward

Coming May 2. A collection of refreshingly honest and hilarious essays about navigating change—whether emotional or logistical—and staying sane during life's unexpected twists and turns.