E.L. Brillant spends their free time painting observational oil studies throughout Boston. Elliot graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a bachelor of fine arts in illustration and a minor in creative writing. Having fallen in love with writing, they attained a master of fine arts in creative writing from Stonecoast at the University of Southern Maine. They spent the years since refining their skills as an artist at The Telling Room, a non-profit where they worked to empower youth through writing. Happiest when using their observation skills to create structure, they now pursue an editorial career.