Erica Berry is an Oregon-born teacher and writer with essays in publications such as Outside, The Guardian, The Yale Review, The New York Times Magazine, and others. Her work has been supported by the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Tin House, the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, and the Ucross Foundation, among others. Her debut nonfiction book, CRY WOLF, is forthcoming from Flatiron/Macmillan in the U.S. and Canongate in the U.K. in early 2023.