Midwest Writers Room
Podcast from the Wisconsin Writers Association. We discuss all things writerly, with an emphasis on the unique flavor of works that originate in the Midwest.
Midwest Writers Room
Season 3, Ep. 12 - Erica Floyd, September 2025
BIO:
Erica is the founder and CEO of Lake Literary Center, a literary arts hub in Fond du Lac offering writing workshops, book clubs, author readings, literary events, and open mics, plus more programming coming soon. She holds an MFA in creative writing (fiction) from Antioch University Los Angeles and a bachelor's degree in journalism & mass communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A former magazine editor-in-chief and marketing director for Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, her writing appears in Electric Literature, The Rumpus, Lunch Ticket, BusinessWeek, and several nonfiction books. She has worked in writing, editorial, communications, and marketing since 2010. Floyd is currently writing a second novel, essays, and translations. Floyd lives in rural Fond du Lac County, where she co-owns Gourmet’s Delight Mushrooms, a second-generation family-owned, certified organic mushroom farm.
