Introducing our 2022 Writer- and Artist-In-Residence

WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE

rica Bauermeister got the idea for her first novel while taking a cooking class. The experience made her wonder, what would happen if you put eight best-selling volume , which was published the year she turned fifty. Since then, she has written three more novels, including , a Reese’s Book Club pick, and her books have been published in more than twenty-five languages. Erica’s latest work is a memoir titled , about her restoration of a neglected home in eccentric and idyllic Port Townsend, Washington. She describes herself as endlessly curious, and her work has been called “lyrical,” “compassionate,” and “delicious enough to devour.”