Erika Holzer was[1] an American novelist and essayist[2] who was a close associate of Ayn Rand.

She also co-authored two nonfiction books with her husband, professor of law Henry Mark "Hank" Holzer.

[10] In the late 1960s, the Holzers managed to track down an original negative, thought to have been destroyed, of a 1942 Italian two-part film which had been adapted from Rand's first novel We the Living.

[11] Encouraged by Rand, Holzer embarked upon a new career as a writer; her first novel, Double Crossing, received critical acclaim and was a finalist for the 1984 Prometheus Award for Best Novel.

As lawyers, the Holzers were involved in several pro bono cases, most notably the struggle of the 12-year-old defector Walter Polovchak to avoid being forcibly returned to the Soviet Union.