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Erika Gardner

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Erika is a sixth generation San Franciscan of Irish & Basque descent. She attended the University of California at Davis and completed degrees in Medieval History and Biological Sciences. A lifelong lover of books and a scribbler of many tales from a young age (her first story was completed at age five) she turned to writing full-time in 2025. So why the long gap in writing? What happened between 2016 and today? Erika is also a survivor. Between a heart wrenching divorce, the pandemic, and then putting her life back together, the voices in her head stopped talking to her. Thankfully, they are back and now Erika has new stories to share.

Erika resides in a treehouse filled with fairies and twinkly lights in Northern California with her cat, M
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Erika Gardner I'm thrilled that you enjoyed Dragon! The second book, "The Gryphon in The Tree" should be available this Spring 2017 depending on my publisher's sche…moreI'm thrilled that you enjoyed Dragon! The second book, "The Gryphon in The Tree" should be available this Spring 2017 depending on my publisher's schedule. It will be followed by the conclusion to the trilogy, "The Fey in the Flames."

Thanks so much for checking in- FYI thanks to the success of our e-sales "The Dragon in The Garden" will be available in print as of October 24th, 2016!!!! I am so grateful- dream come true!(less)
Erika Gardner I go running or to the gym- usually exercise coupled with great music will shake things loose for me and let the ideas flow. If that doesn't work I do…moreI go running or to the gym- usually exercise coupled with great music will shake things loose for me and let the ideas flow. If that doesn't work I do a brainstorming session with my fabulous critique partners.(less)
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Musical Monday- “The Poet and The Muse”

I have just returned from my first writing conference in years, like pre-Pandemic years. I attended the Kauai Writers Conference in Lihue, Hawaii. It goes without saying that the scenery was ridiculously gorgeous, but that wasn’t the inspirational part. The inspiration came from being around hundreds of other writing geeks, storytellers just longing to share with the world everything our big, beau

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“A miracle is no less glorious for having previously happened”
Erika Gardner, The Dragon in the Garden

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“You're nobody's rainbow. You're nobody's princess. You're nobody's doorway but your own, and the only one who gets to tell you how your story ends is you.”
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