Elizabeth Joyce Rivers (5 August 1903 – 20 July 1964) was an English painter, engraver, illustrator and author, based in Ireland for most of her life.

Born in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire in England on 5 August 1903,[1] she was a member of the family of Thomas Rivers (nurseryman).

[4] In 1935 she made her first visit to Ireland to join her Royal Academy Schools contemporary, Amy Elton,[5][6] to paint and run a guest-house on Inishmore in the Aran Islands.

[2] She also wrote a book titled Stranger in Aran published in 1946 by the Cuala Press, republished in 1971 by Peter Owen.

Except for a short period during the Second World War and in 1955 Rivers lived in Ireland where she also worked with Evie Hone for designs for stained glass.