Erica Abeel

Erica Abeel is an acclaimed novelist, journalist, film critic, and former dancer. She is the author of seven previous books, including Women Like Us (a Book-of-the-Month Club selection), Conscience Point, Wild Girls (an Oprah selection), and The Commune, praised for its wit and feminist bite. A Sarah Lawrence alumna, Abeel holds a PhD in French literature and formerly taught at Barnard/Columbia and City University. Her work often explores women rebels who lived against the grain before the social upheavals of the 1960s. She lives in New York City.