Erica Lorraine Scheidt

Born in: Portland, Oregon. Lives in: Berkeley, California. Uniform: blue jeans, t-shirt, converse. Carried around as a teenager: Henry Miller and Anais Nin. Carries around now: iphone and sketchpad. Loves: skinny novels, hound dogs, swimming in the river, public radio, modern love and writing in bed. Believes in: Scarleteen, San Francisco Food Bank and 826 Valencia. Shortest short story: The Striped Blue Afghan. Debut novel: Uses For Boys (St. Martin's Press).