Erica Bauermeister is the author of five novels, of which No Two Persons is the most recent. Bauermeister has taught literature and creative writing at the University of Washington and Antioch University. After earning her PhD from the University of Washington, Bauermeister co-authored 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader’s Guide and Let’s Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14 with Jesse Larsen and Holly Smith. This collaboration arose from Bauermeister’s love for reading and desire to promote female authors in academic curricula.

Bauermeister published her first novel, The School of Essential Ingredients, in 2009. In an interview, Bauermeister speaks to her relatively late start in publishing. She always wanted to be a writer but didn’t discover the empathy she needed to craft authentic characters until she got married, had children, and raised a family. “I think I had to get a lot older,” Bauermeister says in the interview, “before I could listen. I had to get my own ego out of the way. I had to learn how to get into other people’s heads” (“In Conversation With Erica Bauermeister, Author.” The Girl Next Door, 9 May 2016). No Two Persons exemplifies these facets of Bauermeister’s experience and lens.