Erica David

Erica David was a bit of a Wookiee as a kid—hairy and prone to emitting ear-splitting sounds without reason. She has since learned to use her “inside voice” and authored over sixty books and comics for young readers. She holds a BA from Princeton University and an MFA in Creative Writing from St. Joseph’s University, Brooklyn. As a writer, educator and administrator, she has a keen interest in the ways that language and narrative shape experience, particularly their roles in creating stereotypes that have been used to prop up systems of oppression. This has led her to serve as the Director of the ACES Program for non-native English speakers at St. Joe’s and, most recently, as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Jamaica.