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Erica Jong

By Mark Flanagan, About.com

About Erica Jong:


Erica Jong is the author of eight novels including Fear of Flying; Fanny, Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones; Shylock's Daughter; Inventing Memory, a story of mothers and daughters, and the new novel SAPPHO'S LEAP. Several of her novels have been worldwide bestsellers. Her other books include the nonfiction works Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir; The Devil at Large, a study of Henry Miller; Witches; and What Do Women Want, and six volumes of poetry.

Dates:


(1942-)

Nationality:


American

Genre(s):


Novels; Biography; Memoir; Essays

Recent Work:


Sappho's Leap, 2003

Website:


Erica Jong's website

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