Elise is a freelance writer and creative strategist with over a decade of experience in Australia’s creative media industry. After earning a BA in Media at Macquarie University, she built her career at Grazia, Homes To Love, body+soul, The Iconic, and Lifestyle, before leading Urban List’s Creative Studio. Now freelance, she writes for publications like Australian Traveller, Gourmet Traveller, Rolling Stone, Concrete Playground, and Who. Based in Bondi—but born and raised on NSW’s Central Coast—Elise is an outdoor enthusiast who quickly succumbs to cabin fever if indoors too long. When not writing, she’s uncorking a bottle of natural wine or checking into boutique hotels, gathering inspiration for her apartment renovation. A lifelong traveller, she’s now rediscovering the world through new eyes: her daughter’s.