She studied creative writing and political science at the University of Victoria and graduated with an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia in 2012, where she is currently pursuing a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing. Eliza was a joint winner of the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and has been longlisted twice for the prestigious Writers' Trust / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. She was a Journey Prize finalist in 2013 for "My Sister Sang."
Robertson's first full-length novel, Demi-Gods, was released in 2017.
