Erica Berry is a writer and teacher based in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear and the forthcoming Bodies in Heat: Love in a Changing Climate. Her essays appear in publications such as The Guardian, the New York Times, Yale Review, and Orion, where she is a contributing editor. Winner of the 2025 Oregon Career Fellowship, Erica is also a forthcoming distinguished visiting professor at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington.
