Erica Obey

Erica Obey is the author, most recently, of the historical mystery The Horseman’s Word, as well as the IPPY and Foremost Indie award-winning The Curse of the Braddock Brides, which Publisher’s Weekly described as “a smoothly unfolding, satisfyingly twisty tale.” She has also published two other novels, Back to the Garden and The Lazarus Vector, a paranormal mystery that Publisher’s Weekly called “fascinating” in a starred review, as well as scholarly work on 19th-century female folklorists. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and taught courses on Arthurian romance, fantasy and mystery fiction at the college level, before she decided that she’d rather be writing the stories herself. There are two places you can find Erica when she isn’t writing: covered in mud in her far-too-ambitious garden or hiking the Catskills in search of ghosties and ghoulies and other things that go bump in the night.

Awards

• September 2018: Gold, Midwest Book Awards, Fiction – Romance, for The Curse of the Braddock Brides
• June 2018: Silver, IPPY, US Northeast – Best Regional Fiction, for The Curse of the Braddock Brides
• June 2017: Silver, Foreward Indie Awards, Fiction – Romance, for The Curse of the Braddock Brides
• December 2010: Winner, Time Travel Romance. On the Far Side Competition, Romance Writers of America. Soon to appear as The Demon Bridegroom.
• July 2010: Finalist. Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Annual Contest. Her Brother’s Keeper
• March 2009: Semifinalist, Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Back to the Garden
• August 2005: Semifinalist. Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, Creative Writing Competition. (Novel-in-Progress). The Glamour
• July 2005: Second Place. Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Annual Contest. Corpus Hermeticum
• September 2003: Finalist, Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, Creative Writing Competition. (Novel-in-Progress). Corpus Hermeticum
• March 2003: Short-listed. Dana Award in the Novel. Corpus Hermeticum
• August 2002: Semi-finalist. Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, Creative Writing Competition. (Novel-in-Progress). Corpus Hermeticum
• September 1999: Quarter-finalist. New Century Writers Competition in the Novel. Amateurs
• August 1997: Honorable Mention. Hemingway Days Competition in the Novel. Horse-Whisperers
• January 1996: Second Prize, Florida First Coast Writer’s Contest. Horse-Whisperers

Companies

• Writes about History, Mystery and Magic Self (2017)
• Writer Self-employed
• Adjunct Professor Fordham University (2003 — 2016)
• Assistant Professor (Half Time) Montclair State University (2007 — 2010)
• Adunct Lecturer/Teaching Fellow The City College of New York (1992 — 2006)
• Substitute Lecturer Hunter College (2000 — 2000)
• Adjunct Lecturer Stevens Institute of Technology (1999 — 1999)

Education

• B.A. Yale University
• Master of Arts - MA The City College of New York
• Ph.D. The Graduate Center, City University of New York