Beth Harbison is an American author of women's fiction. As Elizabeth Harbison, she has written romance novels and cookbooks. Harbison grew up in Potomac, Maryland. She attended the University of London, Birkbeck College, and received a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland. Her 2007 novel Shoe Addicts Anonymous was her first New York Times bestseller and it may be adapted into a film directed by Galgos Entertainment with Paul Weiland directing, and starring Halle Berry. She currently has one son and one daughter, John Henry Harbison and Mary Paige Harbison.