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Erik E. Esckilsen is a journalist, novelist, and college writing teacher based in Burlington, Vermont. As a journalist specializing in the arts, he has written and edited articles for such publications as the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, Bostonia, the Burlington Free Press, Entertainment Weekly, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and Seven Days. His debut novel for young adult readers, The Last Mall Rat, was published by Houghton Mifflin in April 2003, and a second novel, Offsides, came out in fall 2004. His most recent novel, The Outside Groove, came out in spring 2006.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES:

4 /15 /2001
The Boston Globe
Where the action is:
an unlikely Vermont film studio

8/29/2001
The Boston Globe
Shocked brings a more spiritual edge on tour

8/4/2002
The Boston Globe
One Arab, One Jew, Many Laughs