Elizabeth Eulberg

Elizabeth Eulberg writes fiction for young readers that often places friendship, music, family, and romantic expectations under pressure. Before publishing books, she worked in the music industry and later built a body of work that includes The Lonely Hearts Club, Prom and Prejudice, and Better Off Friends. Past Perfect Life takes her work in a more suspenseful direction. Bloomsbury YA released Past Perfect Life in 2019, introducing Allison Smith, a Wisconsin high-school senior whose college application reveals that her legal identity is Amanda Linsley. The discovery separates her from the father and community she knows and forces her into contact with a family shaped by her childhood disappearance. Eulberg tells the story through Allison’s perspective while attending to the conflicting grief and loyalties around her. The missing-person premise supports a broader examination of identity, family truth, media attention, and the difference between inherited history and chosen belonging.