photo by Karin Stack, www.karinstack.com

Erik E. Esckilsen is the author of three novels for young readers, The Outside Groove (2006), Offsides (2004), and The Last Mall Rat (2003). His writing often draws on experiences he enjoyed (or didn’t) as a teenager growing up in South Burlington, Vermont — selling shoes at the local mall, playing high school soccer, driving recklessly, and hanging out and doing nothing much by rivers, ponds, and lakes. In his (many) post-teen years, he has driven a cab, played guitar in bands, taught college writing, and worked as a journalist.

His articles on arts and entertainment have appeared in such publications as the Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, and Seven Days. He lives, writes, and teaches in Burlington, Vermont.