13 Facts About Erin Bow

Erin Bow had one sibling, a younger sister named Wendy.

Erin Bow then attended Mercy High School and graduated in 1990.

Erin Bow graduated from Creighton University, where she studied physics as a major and writing as a minor.

Erin Bow wrote poetry and a memoir before focusing on writing young adult works.

Erin Bow was the poetry editor for the New Quarterly and organised writing workshops in Kitchener, Ontario.

Erin Bow worked as a part-time writer at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and participated in the Vancouver Writers Fest Writer-in-Residence program at Rossland Summit School.

Erin Bow has written a defense of young adult fantasy, arguing that fantasy books help young adults to fall in love with reading.

Erin Bow takes inspiration from places, such as the prairies she grew up on, Saskatchewan, and the Black Hills in South Dakota.

Four of Erin Bow's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Plain Kate, The Scorpion Rules, Stand on the Sky, and Simon Sort of Says.

Erin Bow writes in a modified backyard shed and enjoys cooking.

Erin Bow's poetry was published in other collections, including The Malahat Review, PRISM International, Prairie Fire, and online in Rattle.

In 2013, Bow wrote A Defense of Fantasy: Classical Literature v Modern YA for YA Interrobang.

Erin Bow published short essays for the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics.