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Elizabeth Crook (born 1959) is an American novelist specializing in historical fiction. Her nonfiction work has been published in anthologies and periodicals such as Texas Monthly and Southwestern Historical Quarterly.

Born in Houston, Texas, Crook lived in Nacogdoches and San Marcos, Texas, with her parents, brother and sister until 1966 when the family moved to Washington D.C., where her father, William H. Crook, was director of VISTA for Lyndon Johnson. Later, the family moved to Canberra, Australia, where her father was U.S. ambassador to Australia.

Returning to Texas, Crook graduated from San Marcos High School in 1977. She attended Baylor University for two years before transferring to Rice University, from which she graduated in 1982.