The author combines her own hard-earned life lessons with those of history's most influential thinkers. Each of the 70 essays studies a beautiful or damned circumstance and takes a celebratory look at life.
Erin Chandler holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Spalding University and both BA and Masters in Theatre from University of Kentucky. Her celebrated memoir, June Bug Versus Hurricane was published in 2018. The original play of the same name was produced at the Lost Studio in Los Angeles in 2009. Cinderella Sweeping Up, a collection of essays by Chandler will be released in June 2019. Work as a film and stage actress garnered honors such as Best Ensemble and Best Script for Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel and Best Actress for David Rabe's In the Boom Boom Room. Other film and television credits include Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Net, Dead Husbands, Chicago Hope and the upcoming Ted K. Erin lives in Versailles, Kentucky and teaches playwriting and screenwriting at the Carnegie Center. She has a weekly column in the Woodford Sun and a second novel in the works. Erinchandlerauthor.com
