Erika Krouse

writer and editor

Official website for Erika Krouse, author of Contenders and Come Up and See Me Sometime.

Future Press

If you want a PRESS KIT/event materials for Save Me, Stranger, please click here! I’m available for readings, events, interviews, podcasts, classes, residencies, intensives, book clubs/reading groups, festivals, charity functions, panels, and other literary events. Please feel free to contact me directly!

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:

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:

Reviews:

Features and mentions:

Print/Online Interviews:

Podcasts and Radio Interviews:

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

If you’re interested in doing something media-y, please contact me or Flatiron’s publicist, Claire McLaughlin. If you need press materials, click here. Thank you!