Erica Swallow is an award-winning journalist, entrepreneur, and author.
She is a debut children's book author with her nonfiction picture book series Little Launchers, which is about four real kid entrepreneurs with real businesses. For this series, she was awarded the Highlight Foundation's 2017 James Cross Giblin Scholarship for excellence in children's nonfiction literature. The series has also been designated as a Silver Winner for The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book (Children's/Young Adult) by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA); a children's nonfiction finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards; and a finalist for the 2017 SFWC San Francisco Writing Contest.
A first-generation college student, Swallow was raiErica Swallow is an award-winning journalist, entrepreneur, and author.
She is a debut children's book author with her nonfiction picture book series Little Launchers, which is about four real kid entrepreneurs with real businesses. For this series, she was awarded the Highlight Foundation's 2017 James Cross Giblin Scholarship for excellence in children's nonfiction literature. The series has also been designated as a Silver Winner for The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book (Children's/Young Adult) by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA); a children's nonfiction finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards; and a finalist for the 2017 SFWC San Francisco Writing Contest.
A first-generation college student, Swallow was raised in Arkansas and holds degrees from New York University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Simmons University. She is focused on using her background in business to affect change in education. She is the founder of Southern Swallow digital consultancy and her words have appeared in Entrepreneur, Forbes, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. When she's not writing, she's consulting with clients and cuddling with her two loving cats.
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