Elizabeth Best

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Elizabeth Best is an Australian author from Bendigo, Victoria.

The Year We Seized the Day (2007) co-authored with Colin Bowles, is a non-fiction travel book describing the two authors' shared journey along the Camino de Santiago. It is an Amazon.com bestseller and continues to sell internationally.{{Cite news|last=Bantick|first=Christopher|date=29 September 2007|title=Fearless examination from unlikely pair|page=M29|work=The Courier-Mail}}{{Cite news|last=Swart|first=Genevieve|date=8 July 2007|title=The odd couple's quest for forgiveness|page=4|work=Sun Herald}}{{Cite web|title=The Year We Seized the Day - Elizabeth Best & Colin Bowles - 9781741750683 - Allen & Unwin - New Zealand|url=http://www.allenandunwin.co.nz/browse/books/general-books/travel-writing/The-Year-We-Seized-the-Day-Elizabeth-Best--Colin-Bowles-9781741750683|access-date=2021-07-11|website=www.allenandunwin.co.nz}}

• [https://www.amazon.com/Elis-Wings-Third-Elizabeth-Best/dp/1469987813 Eli's Wings] was first published by Penguin Books Australia Ltd. 2002. It became a bestseller on release and earned several reprints and new additions, and was published internationally. Eli's Wings chronicles Best's personal struggle with and full recovery from, a life threatening case of anorexia and how she overcame it: "Eli was an alter ego I created," Best said. "I hated absolutely everything about myself. Eli was a blueprint for who I wanted to be."{{Cite news|date=29 July 2002|title=In Brief|page=93|work=Herald Sun}}{{Cite news|last=Dargan|first=Felicity|date=30 October 2000|title=A big appetite for life|page=13|work=Sunday Herald Sun - Home Magazine (Melbourne, Australia)}}{{Cite news|last=Pain|first=Kate|date=8 June 2002|title=Revelation at death's door|page=W30|work=Sunday Herald Sun - Home Magazine (Melbourne, Australia)}}{{Cite news|last=Alexander|first=June|date=26 June 2002|title=Hope found in the darkest hour|page=35|work=The Weekly Times (Melbourne, Australia)}}

Elizabeth Best is the daughter of Ron Best.