Violinist turned author Erica Miner has had a multi-faceted career as an award-winning screenwriter, author and poet. A native of Detroit, she studied music at Boston University and the New England Conservatory of Music. After experiencing a variety of highs and lows in her quest to forge a musical career in New York City, Erica won the coveted position of violinist with the Metropolitan Opera Company. Performing in this high-pressured milieu while raising her two children on her own, Erica felt gratified, confident that she had reached the pinnacle of her field.

But one day her life became even more challenging, when as a result of a car accident she was no longer able to perform on the violin. Searching for a new artistic outlet, she drew upon her lifelong love of writing to give her inspiration.

Eventually Erica set out to write about her life as a musician and single mother and published her first novel, Travels With My Lovers, winner of the Fiction Prize in the 2003 Direct from the Author Book Awards. Drawing from her experiences and adventures traveling solo in Europe with and without her children, Erica penned her novel with a dual goal: first, to entertain; and second, to speak to all generations of women, past, present and future, and encourage them to express their emotional freedom.