Erica Bauermeister (Author of The School of Essential.

Erica Bauermeister, the bestselling author of The School of Essential Ingredients and Joy for Beginners, is also the coauthor of 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader’s Guide and Let’s Hear It.

Erica Bauermeister's love of slow food and the slow life was instilled by her two years of living in northern Italy with her husband and children. She currently lives in the US with her family. This is her first novel.

Erica Bauermeister is the bestselling author of the four novels including The Scent Keeper (Reese's Book Club pick for Feb. 2020), The School of Essential Ingredients (Pennie's Pick july, 2019), Joy for Beginners, and The Lost Art of Mixing.

On a recent afternoon in Aspen, writer Erica Bauermeister found herself in a long conversation with the influential local architect Harry Teague.The subject of their chat, lasting more than two hours, was how buildings shape human behavior, perception and psychology.

Erica Bauermeister, the national bestselling author of The School of Essential Ingredients, presents a moving and evocative coming-of-age novel about childhood stories, families lost and found, and how a fragrance conjures memories capable of shaping the course of our lives.

You ride one in to the beach, and it's the most amazing thing you've ever felt. But at some point the water goes back out; it has to. And maybe you're lucky-maybe you're both too busy to do anything drastic.

Cannon Beach Book Company will host an evening with author Erica Bauermeister on Wednesday, June 19th at 7 p.m.

Erica Bauermeister, the national bestselling author of The School of Essential Ingredients, presents a moving and evocative coming-of-age novel about childhood stories, families lost and found, and how a fragrance conjures memories capable of shaping.

Erica Bauermeister is the author of The School of Essential Ingredients, 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader’s Guide, Let’s Heart It For the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14, and Joy for Beginners.She was born in Pasadena, California and currently lives in Seattle with her family. Bauermeister received a PhD at the University of Washington.

Readers who devoured Erica Bauermeister’s The School of Essential Ingredients will be happy to rediscover some familiar characters in The Lost Art of Mixing.

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Erica Bauermeister is the bestselling author of three novels, The School of Essential Ingredients, Joy for Beginners and The Lost Art of Mixing.Her fiction has been published in over 25 languages. She is also the co-author of two non-fiction works, 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader’s Guide and Let’s Hear It For the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14.