I am the author of three novels for adults, a novel for tweens/young teens, and a volume of nonfiction.

I have also published short fiction, reviews, and essays in a wide variety of literary, cultural, and mainstream publications, including The New York Times, Slate, Vogue, Elle, Virginia Quarterly Review, Astra, Los Angeles Review of Books, Tin House, and The Millions, and in anthologies of fiction and nonfiction.

I teach and lecture about fiction and the craft of writing.

I work as a freelance editor of literary fiction and nonfiction.

I am a certified yoga instructor.

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"Everyone who has the good fortune to pick up one of Erens' novels becomes a fan…. Erens has a gift for making you want to spend time in her characters' company. Then you want to scout her other fans to discuss your good fortune of discovering her talents."
— Reader's Digest, “23 Contemporary Writers You Should Have Read by Now”