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Erin A. Craig

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Erin A. Craig has always loved telling stories.

After getting her B.F.A. from the University of Michigan, in Theatre Design and Production, she stage managed tragic operas with hunchbacks, séances, and murderous clowns, then decided she wanted to write books that were just as spooky.

An avid reader, decent quilter, rabid basketball fan, and collector of typewriters, brass figurines, and sparkly shoes, Erin makes her home in West Michigan with her husband and daughter.

To find out more about Erin and the worlds she creates, follow @penchant4words on Instagram and Threads.

She is represented by Sarah Landis at Sterling Lord Literistic.

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Hi Erin, The cover for House of Salt and Sorrows is GORGEOUS. Can't wait to read it. What were your inspirations for writing this novel?
Erin A. Craig Aww! Thank you so much! I began writing House of Salt and Sorrows shortly after my daughter was born. I was a new stay-at-home mama and in those blear…moreAww! Thank you so much! I began writing House of Salt and Sorrows shortly after my daughter was born. I was a new stay-at-home mama and in those bleary-eyed early days, a fragment of a story kept haunting me … an island estate, shrouded in fog, shadows and dark, dark secrets. The idea wouldn’t leave me alone, but I wasn’t fully convinced there was an entire plot within it. Sorting through some boxes of old keepsakes one day, I came across a picture of 10-year-old me playing the role of the soldier in my sister’s Girl Scout troop’s production of The Twelve Dancing Princesses and the story clicked into place from there.(less)
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This is probably a dumb question and possibly unrelated to "A Land So Wide," but are you working on a third "House of..." book I remember reading someone that you are working on it and we can expect it in a year and it is about Lenore?! Thanks so much, I loved "The House of Salt and Sorrows" and "The House of Roots and Ruins" the twisted love was great!
Erin A. Craig There's never a dumb question!

There *is* a third "Sisters of the Salt" book coming and it will be Lenore's story! No firm dates for publication yet-- …moreThere's never a dumb question!

There *is* a third "Sisters of the Salt" book coming and it will be Lenore's story! No firm dates for publication yet-- there are a bunch of really exciting things happening behind the scenes right now that I'm so excited to get to shout up-- soon, I hope! (less)
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One of the most fun moments for an author on their book's path to publication is when an email comes in from their editor, full of potential cover ideas and themes, and A Land So Wide was no exception.

Katie Anderson is the cover designer behind this eerie masterpiece and truly had me spoiled for choice as we looked through and considered possible picks. From haunting setting suns to forbidding mo Read more of this blog post »
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“Nights like this were meant to be shared, remembered, and talked about for years. Skies like this were meant to be kissed under.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
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“Flushed with starlight and moonlight drowned,
All the dreamers are castle-bound.
At midnight’s stroke, we will unwind,
Revealing fantasies soft or unkind.
Show me debauched nightmares or sunniest daydreams.
Come not as you are but as you wish to be seen.”
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“We are born of the Salt, we live by the Salt, and to the Salt we return.”
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