Erin Hart (born September 1, 1958) is an American author of crime fiction.

She also worked as a freelance journalist, contributing theater reviews and arts features at the Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota Monthly, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Skyway News, among other publications.

She also served as the on-air theater critic for Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning program.

[1][2] Hart is best known for writing a series of novels set mostly in Ireland and featuring pathologist Nora Gavin and archaeologist Cormac Maguire, who are engaged in the recovery of artifacts and human remains from Irish boglands.

[3] Haunted Ground was also named by Book-Of-The-Month Club and Booklist as one of the best crime novels of 2003, and has been translated into ten foreign languages.