ERIN SHAW IS AN AUTHOR, SCREENWRITER AND FREELANCE JOURNALIST whose work has been published in LA Confidential Magazine, Hello Giggles!, Daily Candy, Biz New Orleans Magazine, Quarterly Magazine, Thought Catalogue and Tasting Table News.
She is also the author of the acclaimed novel, Have Baggage, Will Travel (2020) which is loosely based on the post-breakup road trip she took alone cross country the year all her friends got married.
Erin loves writing about women's issues and never shies away from topics that are tough to talk about.
She is at work on her first YA novel, Watchful Eyes and another grown-up novel called, My Sister's Passport that delves into grief and loss. She is also in the process of reimagining her debut novel Party Girl as an entirely new story called, Drama Queen.
Erin lives in Los Angeles with her jazz musician boyfriend and their dog, Lulu.
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Kate Larabee is Los Angeles’ leading travel expert under thirty-five, and everything in her life is going according to plan. When her handsome lawyer boyfriend, Charlie whisks her away for their anniversary weekend, Kate is sure he’s going to propose, but when he breaks up with her instead, Kate’s perfectly planned out life is thrown into immediate chaos.
Unsure of her next move, Kate travels home to Kansas City to see her family and recalibrate. It’s there in her childhood bedroom that she finds a love letter diary she kept with her first love, Rob—the one that got away. Contained within the pages is the person Kate used to be—a free-spirited adventurer that she’s lost over time and one she is eager to return to being... Armed with the diary in hand, and a helpful nudge from her sympathetic editor, Kate hits the road on assignment for the magazine. As she makes her way across the country, stopping in places like, Sedona, Santa Fe, Austin, New Orleans, and Savannah, Kate battles mosquitos, humidity and summer thunderstorms in search of the perfect fried southern delicacy, but discovers so much more in the process. |
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Join me and some of my favorite people as we take that relationship baggage we all carry around and bust it wide open! Have Baggage, Will Travel (The Pod) is a 6 part mini-podcast series.
I'll be joined by several exciting guests as we discuss topics like interracial dating, leaving relationships that no longer serve you, vulnerability with app dating, empowering yourself after breakups, tips for traveling alone and so much more! |
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Rebecca Bradley has her reasons… for being ten years late moving to New York to write a Pulitzer-winning play... and for having writers block... She doesn't want to talk about them, except maybe with her best friend Logan, after a couple dirty martinis.
With her creative rut blocking a viable career path as a playwright, Becca takes a side job at a local coffee shop where she meets Miles, a goofy jazz musician who inexplicably hates his namesake and can’t take anything seriously. They're oil and water. Becca thinks Miles is a flakey hipster and Miles finds Becca too serious and uptight. Workplace bickering eventually leads to something resembling a friendship, and after a hazy night out, they make a bet to pass the time at work. Who can get the most tips in a day by charming customers. A day later they make another bet and while Becca can’t seem to write a single scene in her play, she can’t stop jotting down ridiculous ideas for bets with Miles. From subway races to collecting character autographs Times Square, the betting escalates into the most outrageous New York City scavenger hunt. As Becca and Miles get to know each other, the truth about their pasts bubbles to the surface. Will it all lead to a breakthrough in her creative rut? A budding romance? Or just a whole lot of drama? |
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Lila and Zoe are as close as any two sisters could be. Zoe is the queen of wanderlust while Lila won’t even step foot on a plane without a glass of wine and a Xanax.
When Zoe passes away unexpectedly she leaves all of her money to Lila, her dying wish being that Lila travels around the world to not only scatter her ashes, but to finally get out of her comfort zone and have the adventure of a lifetime. My Sister’s Passport is a story about loss, grief, overcoming our greatest fears and anxieties, and overall the dynamic power of family love. |
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When her mother's sailboat vanishes off the coast of Maryland during the summer of 1986, sixteen-year-old Florence is sent to Watch Hill, Rhode Island to live with her Aunt Margaret. It is there, in the attic of the old family beach house, that Florence finds a letter detailing a baby that was given up for adoption by her mother twenty-two years earlier. A girl, named Maddie who is Florence’s long-lost sister. After an exhaustive search, Florence tracks Maddie down and asks for her help in finding their mother, whom she believes is still alive. Florence is desperate to find her and learn the truth about her sister’s past, but only Maddie holds the key to discovering what might have happened their mother and knows it could be a dangerous search. |