Erica Wagner

Literary editor and author

Judge , 2011

Erica is Literary Editor of 'The Times' and author of numerous stories and poems, as broadcast on radio and published in the 'Times Literary Supplement' and 'PN Review'.

She is also the author of 'Gravity' (a collection of short stories), 'Ariel’s Gift: Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and the story of Birthday Letters' and the novel 'Seizure'. She reviews regularly for the 'New York Times' and appears frequently on television and radio.

Erica has judged many literary prize,s including the Man Booker Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award, the Forward Prize and the Warwick Prize for Writing.