Erica Wagner

Erica Wagner
FRSL
Born1967 (age 58–59)
New York City, New York, United States
EducationThe Brearley School
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
University of East Anglia
OccupationsAuthor, critic, editor, writer
Websiteericawagner.co.uk

Erica Wagner FRSL is an American author and critic, living in London, England. She is former literary editor of The Times.

Biography

Erica Wagner was born in New York City, United States, in 1967. She grew up on the Upper West Side and went to the Brearley School.

She moved to Britain in the 1980s to continue her education, first at St Paul's Girls' School, then at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (BA), and finally at the University of East Anglia (MA), where she was taught by Malcolm Bradbury and Rose Tremain. She holds an honorary doctorate from the University of East Anglia and is Goldsmiths Distinguished Writers' Centre Fellow, an appointment made in January 2022. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Her latest book is Wash, a novel published by Salt in 2026. Her other books include Mary and Mr Eliot: A Sort of Love Story, ac collection of short stories, Gravity, Ariel's Gift: Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and the Story of Birthday Letters, and the novel Seizure. She is the author of a biography of Washington Roebling, the engineer who constructed the Brooklyn Bridge.

Wagner was literary editor of The Times between 1996 and June 2013. She reviews for The New York Times and many other publications, including the New Statesman (for which she is a contributing writer), The Economist, The Observer, and the Financial Times. Wagner was selected to be one of the judges for the Man Booker Prize in both 2002 and 2014. She has judged many other literary prizes, including the Goldsmiths Prize, the Forward Prize and the Orwell Prize.

She has hosted the English-language episodes (Les Rencontres) for Chanel's literary podcast, Les Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon. This podcast highlights women writers and the empowerment that builds through creative expression. In this work, Wagner speaks to many writers, like Jeanette Winterson, Siri Hustvedt, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, and Rachel Cusk.

She lives in London.

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Ericawagner.co.uk". Ericawagner.co.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Wagner, Erica - Royal Society of Literature". 14 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Review of Seizure in The Independent, 20 April 2007. [permanent dead link]
  4. ↑ Wagner, Erica (2017). Chief Engineer: The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge. London: Bloomsbury.
  5. ↑ "Erica Wagner". The Times. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Cakir, Ziba. "The Times appoints Robbie Millen as literary editor – FeaturesExec Media Bulletin". Featuresexec.com. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Man Booker 2014 Judges. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Erica Wagner". Jewish Literary Foundation.
  9. ↑ MacMahon, Judy. "I Fell Down a Literary Rabbit Hole at Chanel". MyFrenchLife - MyVieFrançaise. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "Les Rendezvous at Rue Cambon invite Siri Hustvedt, with Charlotte Casiraghi and Rachel Eliza Griffiths". Chanel. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  11. ↑ Wagner, Erica. "Gravity : stories:". Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)(Granta) ISBN 9781862071476, OCLC 60221000
  12. ↑ Ariel's gift : Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and the story of Birthday letters (Faber & Faber; W. W. Norton) ISBN 9780393323016, OCLC 994011451
  13. ↑ Seizure (Faber & Faber/W. W. Norton) ISBN 9780393061482, OCLC 836381649
  14. ↑ Chief engineer : Washington Roebling, the man who built the brooklyn bridge (Bloomsbury) ISBN 9781620400524, OCLC 1001841926