Elizabeth Murphy

Elizabeth Manning Murphy JP BA Hons (Linguistics) FCES FSBT (UK) AFAIM DE (IPEd Australia) is a linguist, a consultant in communication skills, a Distinguished Editor of the Institute of Professional Editors and an Honorary Life Member of the Canberra Society of Editors. Based in Canberra, Australia, she works internationally, mentoring and training in effective writing. Elizabeth has been a teacher, a university lecturer and a management consultant; she has also written many books, most recently 'Working words', a collection of 'chats' about editing and writing published by the Canberra Society of Editors and 'Effective writing: plain English at work', 2nd edition.