Erin Van Rheenen
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Erin Van Rheenen

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Erin Van Rheenen, MA, writes fiction and nonfiction that explores family dynamics, cultural difference, and the power of place. Her work has been anthologized and published in Bellevue Literary Review, Atlas Obscura, BBC Travel, Fiction, The Sun, and Best Women’s Travel Writing. YOU COULD BE HAPPY HERE is inspired by Erin’s connection to Latin America. Born in Oregon, schooled in Santa Cruz and New York City, her passion for place really took hold in the Southern reaches of the Americas. She learned Spanish as a child in Guatemala and lived for years as an adult in Ecuador and Mexico. In 2000, she moved to Costa Rica, where she lived and traveled by herself while researching her best-selling relocation guide, LIVING ABROAD IN COSTA RICA (Avalon Travel Publishing) and THE MANATEE'S BIG DAY, a bilingual children’s book. Erin has worked as stall mucker, waitress, art mover, and staff writer at mission-driven nonprofits, including ten years at a science museum, The Exploratorium. She has taught writing in universities, high schools, and a women’s jail. Erin is now based in San Francisco. Photos of Erin by David W. Smith.
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