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Erika Swyler

Erika Swyler
Erika Swyler is the author of The Book of Speculation, a national bestseller, Indie Next pick, and a Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year. Her latest novel, Light from Other Stars(Bloomsbury, 2019), is about a young girl and an invention that alters the fabric of time. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in Catapult, VIDA, The New York Times, and elsewhere.


Erika Swyler on Worldbuilding as Set Design

“Remember that every bit of worldbuilding that makes it to the page adds to the set, and stage space is limited.”
January 17, 2025  By Erika Swyler
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Are We Running Out of Monster Metaphors for the Disasters of the Real World?

Erika Swyler on Surviving Our Fears By Creating More of Them
September 1, 2020  By Erika Swyler
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On Not Writing About My Father, an Actual Mad Scientist

Erika Swyler on the Autobiographical Truths of Fiction
May 3, 2019  By Erika Swyler
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