Career
Alicia Erian is an American novelist. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English from State University of New York Binghamton and a Master of Fine Arts in writing from Vermont College. A writer of short stories, some of her work has appeared in Zoetrope: All Story and the Iowa Review.
She has published one collection of short stories and one novel.
Erian lived in Brooklyn, New York, for a time with ex-husband David Franklin, but now lives in Massachusetts, where she taught creative writing at Wellesley College (2004–2008). She has worked as a film director and screenwriter, and has also attracted interest from Julia Roberts" production company, American Girl Films, as well as Francis Ford Coppola.