Elizabeth Merrick (born 1970) is an American author, best known as the founder and director of the Grace Reading Series and as editor of the Random House anthology This is not chick lit. Merrick received a BA from Yale University, an MFA from Cornell University, and an MA in Creativity and Art Education from San Francisco State University. She has taught at New York University and Cornell and has received fellowships from the Saltonstall Foundation, the Ragdale Foundation, and VCCA.