Erica Garza

Erica Garza is the author of the memoir GETTING OFF (Simon & Schuster). Her essays have appeared in Salon, Narratively, Good Housekeeping, BUST, Alternet, Refinery29, Bustle, and The Los Angeles Review. In 2010, she earned her MFA in Creative Nonfiction at Columbia University. Born in Los Angeles to Mexican parents, Erica has spent most of her adult life traveling and living abroad in such places as Florence, London, Berlin, Paris, Barcelona, Bogota, Bali, Bangkok, Koh Samui, Chennai, Melbourne and the island of Maui. She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.