Elizabeth Bernays was a biologist and writer. After growing up in Australia, she received her PhD at the University of London and had a career as an entomologist before obtaining an MFA at the University of Arizona where she was a Regents’ Professor Emerita.

She published over two hundred scientific papers and books and several popular biology articles. Additionally, Elizabeth published more than 200 scientific papers, poems, essays and children’s books. Her memoir, Six Legs Walking: Notes from an Entomological Life, won a 2020 New Mexico-Arizona