Erin Becker Press Kit

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Erin Becker is an author and marketer living in Washington, DC. She grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, studied English and creative writing at UNC-Chapel Hill, and holds her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her debut novel, Crushing It, an "enemies-to-first-crushes" story for middle grade readers, was published by Penguin Random House, chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, and received a star from Shelf Awareness. When she’s not writing, you can find Erin at the gym, or occasionally playing soccer (though not nearly as well as the protagonists of her novel). Learn more and connect with Erin at erinbecker.me.

Erin Becker is an author and marketer living in Washington, DC. Erin was born in Minnesota and grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She studied English and creative writing as a Morehead-Cain Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill and holds her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Erin writes fiction, poetry, essays, and criticism, and her work has been published in Ms. Magazine, Lambda Literary, and Barrelhouse Reviews. Her debut novel, Crushing It, an "enemies-to-first-crushes" story for middle grade readers, was published by Penguin Random House, chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, and received a star from Shelf Awareness.

Erin also works as a marketer for start-ups and enterprises, and her career as an author has helped inform her approach to this work. No matter what she’s creating, her cardinal rule is: be real, and don’t be boring.

Before moving to Washington, DC, Erin lived in Chile for several years, where she spent a lot of time hiking in the Andes and picked up way too much Chilean slang. She also worked as a teacher and a Spanish-to-English translator.

When Erin’s not writing, you can find her at the gym, or occasionally playing soccer (though not nearly as well as the protagonists of her debut novel).

You can find Erin at the handle @beckererine on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Subscribe to her occasional newsletter at erinbecker.substack.com.