My name is Elizabeth Lunday, and I’m a writer.
What can I write for you?
New book alert! Welcoming Scratch & Sniff Art History to the world!
Three years ago, I got an unexpected email from my agent. An editor wanted to talk to me about a very unusual project. The concept:
Fort Worth Botanic Garden’s new website goes live
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the moment an organization completely revamps its website, the clock starts ticking on the need to completely revamp it again.
Rite of Spring advances to second round at Austin Film Festival
I was uncertain if I wanted to attend the Austin Film Festival screenwriting conference–I kinda wanted to go, but you know, there will be people there and people are, frankly, a lot. But I advanced to the second round in the Drama category. So I’m going, people or no!
APPA: Report predicts challenges and opportunities of higher education in 2030
The final APPA Thought Leaders report for 2024 was recently released. This is always a satisfying day, the result of several months of work. This year, 30 higher education experts met in Alexandria, Virginia to discuss the the future of college and university campuses in 2030.
Why a puffin?
I always assumed the name Lunday was derived from the French word lundi, the first day of the week.
But I recently learned Old Norse also had a word lundi—and it meant “puffin.” It makes sense for our family name to derive from Old Norse, since Lunday (or Lundy—presumably distant cousins, although we Lundays firmly believe they spell their name wrong) is a name found in Ireland and Scotland. Ireland and Scotland, of course, were settled by Vikings.
As I am also short and generally globular, I feel a certain affinity for puffins. They are hardy, curious birds, and their babies are called pufflings, which is adorable.
