Erika Dawn Krouse (born March 28, 1969) is an American novelist and short story writer.
Krouse was born in Yonkers, New York, and grew up on the East Coast and Tokyo.
[1] She began her writing career in poetry, and then switched to fiction because, as she reported in an interview, "I was an awful poet.
"[2] Krouse's short story collection, Come Up and See Me Sometime (Scribner, 2001), won the Paterson Prize, was translated into six languages, was a New York Times Notable book of the year, and was described by New York Times Book Review critic Maria Russo as "[leaving] us with a feeling of unbounded, exhilarating possibility.
Krouse currently lives in Boulder, Colorado, teaches fiction writing at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop, and works part-time as a private investigator.