Erika Krouse

Press and Stuff

If you want a PRESS KIT/event materials for Save Me, Stranger, please click here!

Past press for Save Me, Stranger

Collection of short stories, out January 21, 2025

Here’s some press about my forthcoming collection, Save Me, Stranger:

• ✶Kirkus starred review (October 2024)

• Publishers Weekly review (October 2024)

• ✶Booklist starred review (release date November 2024)

Past press for Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation

Memoir, published March 2022.

Here’s some press about Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation:

Honors:

• Housatonic Award for Nonfiction / Western Connecticut State University (September 2023)

• Colorado Book Award winner for Creative Nonfiction / Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book (June 2023)

• Edgar Award winner for Best Fact Crime / Mystery Writers of America (April 2023)

• Slate / The 10 Best Books of 2022, by Laura Miller (December 2022).

• Jezebel / The 10 Best Books We Read That Came Out This Year, by Nora Biette-Timmons (December 2022)

• Reckon / Best of 2022: 17 books we reckoned with this year (December 21, 2022)

• Kirkus / Best Nonfiction Books of the Year (December 2022)

• BookPage / Best Nonfiction of 2022 (December 2022)

• The New York Times Book Review / Editors’ Choice: Staff Picks From the Book Review (5/15/22)

• People Magazine / People Picks (4/4/22)

• Modern Mrs. Darcy / What Should I Read Next episode 361: 2022 reads that stood out (December 2022)

• The New York Times / 11 New Books We Recommend This Week (5/12/22)

• The Week / Author of the Week (4/15/22)

• Harper’s Bazaar / The Best Beach Reads of 2022 (4/19/22)

Reviews:

• The Washington Post—Books / “Meet the P.I. who helped unlock key testimony in a sexual assault case,” by Marion Winik (3/29/22)

• The New York Times Book Review / “She Became a Private Eye. And Investigated Her Past,” by Patrick Hoffman (3/16/22)

• Slate / “The Unreliable Narrator,” by Laura Miller (She’s badass) (3/14/22)

• Air Mail / “Inside Job,” by Sarah Weinman (3/9/22)

• ✶BookPage / Starred Review by Alice Cary (3/1/22)

• ✶Library Journal / Starred Review by Mattie Cook (2/1/22)

• ✶Kirkus / Starred Review (1/15/22)

• ✶Publishers Weekly / Starred Review (11/12/21)

• Booklist / Review by Kathleen McBroom (1/15/22)

• New York Journal of Books / Review by Paul LaRosa

Features and mentions:

• Boulder Weekly / Boulder PI / Bart Schaneman (8/24/23)

• Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine / The power of speaking up / Clay Bonnyman Evans (7/5/23)

• Daily Camera / Boulder Bookshelf: …Erika Krouse nabs honor for memoir/crime mashup about Title IX (6/21/23)

• Colorado Sun / 2023 Colorado Book Awards honor winners in 16 categories at Colorado Springs celebration (6/22/23)

• What Should I Read Next? podcast with Anne Bogel / Ep 361: Anne's Best Books of 2022 (January 2022)

• What’s the Story? / Joy Lanzendorfer review (January 2022)

• Goodreads / Goodreads Members' Top 72 Hit Books of the Year (So Far) (6/12/22)

• LitHub / What Should You Read Next? (3/18/22)

• Real Simple / Books page (March 2022 issue)

• ELLE / The Best of Spring Nonfiction (March 2022 issue)

• CrimeReads / Book excerpt (3/18/22), Best New Crime Nonfiction Feb/March (3/29/22)

• CrimeReads / Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2022, by Molly Odintz (1/6/22) and

• BookPage / 2022 Preview: Most Anticipated Nonfiction (1/10/22)

• The Millions / A Year in Reading: Melissa Febos (12/20/21)

• Largehearted Boy / Erika Krouse's Playlist for Her Memoir Tell Me Everything (4/11/22—This site asks authors to compile Spotify “soundtracks” to their books)

• Denver Post / American Dude Ranch, Tell Me Everything, and More Books to Read this Month (4/27/22)

• Modern Mrs. Darcy Summer Reading Guide (4/23/22)

• 5280 Magazine / 4 New Local Books to Inspire Your Summer Bucket List (June 2022)

• The Sentinel / Required reading: 5 books for a modern summer reading list (6/2/22)

• AdviceToWriters / ATW Interviews: Erika Krouse (6/14/22)

• Boulder Magazine / BoCo Bookshelf : Summer 2022 (July 2022)

• LitHub / Erika Krouse on Why the Subtitle of Her Memoir Should Be How I Became an Asshole

Print/Online Interviews:

• CrimeReads / “Use Yourself,” by Lisa Levy (3/31/22)

• LitHub / “Writer Erika Krouse On Her Time As A Private Investigator,” by Molly Odintz (3/25/22)

• BookPage / “Erika Krouse, private eye,” by Alice Cary (March 2022)

• Westword / “Tell Her Everything: Writer Erika Krouse’s Memoir Tackles Colorado History,” by Teague Bohlen (3/17/22 and 6/11/23)

• BOMB Magazine / “Opposing Groupthink without a Template: Erika Krouse Interviewed by Sean Hooks” (3/18/22)

• Colorado Sun / “SunLit Interview” (3/21/22)

• The Ambassador / “Tell Us Everything” (Spring 2022)

• Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb / (4/9/22)

• The Coachella Review / “TCR Interviews with Erika Krouse, by Kaia Gallagher”

• Summer Sundays/ interview with Summer Suleiman

• CU Independent / With athletics in the spotlight, CU Boulder’s handling of sexual misconduct raises concerns again

Podcasts and Radio Interviews:

• AuthorTopia podcast / Erika Krouse: The Secret to Spotting Dark Secrets, Episode 3

• Turn the Page live with Ryan Warner at Colorado Public Radio / Full podcast, or Tell Me Everything segment

• LBB Presents Online (3/16/22)

• City Cast Denver podcast / “How…Football's Sexual Assault Scandal Set a Precedent for #MeToo” (3/17/22)

• Wisconsin Public Radio BETA / “I look familiar. I look ordinary: How Erika Krouse's face launched her career as a private investigator”

• Pursuit Magazine / March Webinar: Tell Me Everything. Topic: techniques for interviewing witnesses.

• Good Morning Arizona / Olivia’s Book Club podcast

• Finding the Magic podcast / S2 E20 with author Erika Krouse of Tell Me Everything

• I’m A Writer But podcast / Erika Krouse

• Book Dreams podcast / Ep 117: Tell Me Everything, with Erika Krouse

• Boulder Book Store and KGNU Radio Bookclub Live / Radio Bookclub: Tell Me Everything – The Story of a Private Investigation and Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub: Erika Krouse

• North County Public Radio / North Country Bookmarks September ‘22

• Drinks with Tony podcast / Erika Krouse #211

Appearances and readings:

• Left Bank Books reading, in conversation with Lacy Crawford / Zoom 3/16/22

• Lighthouse Writers Workshop book launch and reading / Denver 3/18/22

• AWP panel, So You Want to Be an Independent Editor / Zoom 3/26/22

• University of Colorado Law School talk / Boulder 4/12/22

• Denver Press Club reading / Denver 4/20/22

• Paul Holes Q&A at Tattered Cover / Denver 5/12/22

• Lighthouse Lit Fest Faculty Reading / Denver 6/14/22

• Anna Hogeland Q&A / Zoom 6/28/22

• Tattered Cover reading / Westminster 6/28/22

• Grand Lake Retreat faculty reading / Grand Lake, CO 7/9/22

• Regis University faculty reading / Denver 7/25/22

• Mona Awad Q&A / Zoom 8/5/22

• High school class visit / Denver 10/6/22

• CU Honors class visit / Boulder 10/17/22

• Ross Investigations visit / Denver 11/2/22

• CU Honors Residential Academic Program and Women's Law Caucus talk / Boulder 11/2/22

• Colorado Press Women reading / Denver 11/5/22

• Siena College campus visit and reading, Greyfriar Living Literature Series / Loudonville, NY 11/6/22

• CU Denver campus visit and reading / Denver 11/16/22

• School of Mines campus visit and reading, Hennebach Program / Golden, CO 11/17/22

• Love, Loosha launch with Chip Livingston (editor) and Jenny Shank / Zoom 12/14/22

• CU Honors class visit / Boulder 3/3/23

• Edgar Awards Best Fact Crime Panel / Zoom 4/6/23

• Keynote and Boulder Book Store event for Hindsight Journal / Boulder 4/7/23

• CU English Department class visit / Boulder 4/11/23

• Louisville Library reading / Louisville, CO 4/14/23

• Longmont Library and Museum reading / Longmont, CO 4/16/23

• Ole Miss classroom visit / Zoom 4/20/23

• Books and Brunch benefit / Lakewood, CO 4/29/23

• CSU Pueblo campus visit and reading, SoCo Reading Series / Pueblo, CO 5/3/23

• Longleaf Writing Conference visiting faculty / Seaside, FL 5/13/23

• Grand Lake Retreat faculty reading / Grand Lake, CO 7/10/23

• Regis University faculty reading / Denver 7/25/23

• Talk at Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti / Boulder 8/30/23

• Colorado College campus visit and reading / Colorado Springs 9/6/23

• Park Hill Library reading / Denver 9/9/23

• CU Residential Academic Program class visit / Boulder 8/27/23

• Pittsburgh MFA class visit / Zoom 9/28/23

• American Association of University Women (AAUW) “Conversation with Authors” talk / Zoom 3/23/23

• Siena College Honors class visit / Zoom 10/3/23

• Nederland Library reading / Nederland, CO 10/8/23

• CU Honors class visit / Boulder 10/13/22

• Literary Ladies FRAME reading / Boulder 12/1/23

• Joan Burleson Q&A at Lighthouse Writers Workshop/ Denver 1/11/24

• Inkberry Books reading / Niwot, CO 2/23/24

• American School in Japan class visit / Zoom 2/29/24

• CU Honors class visit / Boulder 3/1/24

• Edward Hamlin Q&A at Boulder Book Store / Boulder 4/13/24

• Stories on Stage, an Erika Krouse Lollapalooza / Denver 4/14/24

• Jefferson County Library Foundation reading/ Wheat Ridge, CO 4/19/24

• CU Women and Gender Studies Department graduation keynote / Boulder 6/9/24

• Lighthouse Lit Fest Faculty Showcase / Denver 6/14/24

• Cara Lopez Lee Q&A at Lighthouse Writers Workshop / Denver 6/15/24

• Reading Den reading / Denver 6/26/24

• Grand Lake Retreat faculty reading / Grand Lake, CO 7/7/24

• Denver University Denver Publishing Institute onstage interview / Denver 7/15/24

• WCSU MFA Housatonic Award reading / Milanville, PA 7/31/24

• Sarah Gerard Q&A at Boulder Bookstore / Boulder 8/6/24

Book Clubs & visits:

• Book of the Month Club / March 2022 pick

• Literary Masters / Winter 2022-3 pick

• Belletrist / STACKED (3/23/22 ) and BRIEF (3/24/22)

• Books, Brunches, & Booze book club (Zoom) / April 2022 pick

• Boulder (Zoom)/ 5/11/22

• Denver (Zoom) / 5/22/22

• La Jolla (Zoom) / 6/1/22

• RAW Book Group / 8/6/22

• Littleton (Zoom) / 8/17/22

• Denver (Zoom) / 10/18/22

• Nederland / 10/30/22

• Local (Zoom) / 1/10/23

• Salida (Zoom) / 3/28/23

• Emory University’s Continuing Ed Book Club (Zoom) / 4/25/23

• Local (Zoom) / 9/21/23

• Local (Zoom) / 11/7/23

• Longmont American Association of University Women All Branch Read (Zoom) / 11/7/23

• Summit Middle School faculty / 1/8/24

• Denver (Zoom) / 1/8/24

• Denver (Zoom) / 1/20/24

• Louisville / 2/24/24

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