Erica McKeen

Erica McKeen is a Canadian author. Her debut novel, Tear, won the 2023 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Fiction. Cicada Summer, her second book, was longlisted for the 2025 Carol Shield Prize for Fiction. Her short stories have appeared in The Dalhousie Review and PRISM International. and is currently based in Vancouver. and her work has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Guernica Prize. and won the 2023 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. The novel takes place during the COVID-19 pandemic and follows Husha, who moves in with her grandfather and her lover in a remote cabin, following her mother's suicide.