Erika Dreifus

Born in Brooklyn and raised there and in New Jersey, Erika Dreifus earned undergraduate and graduate degrees, including a PhD in history, from Harvard University, where for several years she taught history, literature, and writing. She is the author of QUIET AMERICANS: STORIES, which was named an American Library Association/Sophie Brody Medal honor title for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature, a Jewish Journal “notable book,” and a Shelf Unbound “top small-press book.” BIRTHRIGHT, published in fall 2019, is her first poetry collection. Erika currently lives and writes in New York; her online home is ErikaDreifus.com.