Elizabeth Pomada worked at David McKay, Holt Rinehart & Winston, and the Dial Press in New York City before moving to San Francisco in 1970 with her partner and husband, Michael Larsen. Together, they started Michael Larsen - Elizabeth Pomada Literary Agents in 1972. Over the past 40 years, they have sold books from hundreds of authors to more than 100 publishers. Many of their books have become bestsellers.

Elizabeth is a member of the Association of Author's Representatives, The Author's Guild, ASJA, WNBA and co-founder with Michael of the San Francisco Writers Conference and the Writing for Change conference. She represents narrative non-fiction (memoir), adult commercial and literary fiction, women's fiction, romance, thrillers and mysteries.

Between them, Mike and Elizabeth have written or coauthored fourteen books. Mike and Elizabeth coauthored the six books in the Painted Ladies series. Publishers Weekly chose the second book in the series, Daughters of Painted Ladies, as one of the best books of the year. Elizabeth is the author of the ninth, 30th-anniversary edition of Fun Places to Go with Children in Northern California.

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