Hi, I'm Erin Somers, a writer, reporter, and book critic based in the Hudson Valley. My fiction, essays, and criticism have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Esquire, GQ, The Nation, The New Republic, Best American Short Stories, and elsewhere. My first novel, Stay Up With Hugo Best (2019), was a Vogue Magazine Best Book of the Year.  

My second novel, The Ten Year Affair (2025), was named a best book of the month by Apple Books and People Magazine, a best book of the year by the New Yorker and Esquire, and a most anticipated book by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vulture, Bustle, LitHub, W Magazine, The Millions, Orion, and Our Culture. It's available for order below.