Erica Funkhouser is the author of four collections of poetry, including Pursuit (Houghton Mifflin, 2002), Sure Shot and Other Poems (1992) and Natural Affinities (1983). Her poems have been published in numerous magazines and literary journals including The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, and Poetry. She has also worked as a playwright. She lives in Essex, Massachusetts.