ERIC GOODMAN

Eric Goodman is a novelist, journalist and book doctor. For many years, he directed the creative writing program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he founded the Low-Residency MFA in 2015.  Most summers he teaches fiction and humor writing at the Iowa Summer Writers Festival in Iowa City. He works with a limited number of private writing students who seek guidance in finishing and polishing a novel manuscript.

During his notorious Los Angeles years, Eric wrote episodic television scripts and feature-length screenplays. Other significant publications include a handful of short stories and more than 150 non-fiction pieces in national publications including Travel & Leisure, Saveur, Travel & Leisure Golf, GQ, Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, Glamour, and Life.

He lives with his wife in Sonoma County and the Finger Lakes region of New York, delighting in the natural beauty and fine wines of both regions. ​

Eric Goodman is a graduate of both Yale and Stanford University.


Books by Eric goodman