Author: R. Eric Thomas

R. Eric Thomas is a television writer and the national bestselling author of Here For It, or How to Save Your Soul in America, a Read with Jenna book club pick featured on Today and “a laugh-out-loud memoir strongly recommended for everyone” (Library Journal). His biography of Rep. Maxine Waters, Reclaiming Her Time, co-authored with Helena Andrews-Dyer, makes “the case that political biographies shine bright when they have as much panache as their subject” (Washington Post). He is also a playwright, the long-running host of The Moth in Philadelphia and D.C. For four years, he wrote the popular ELLE.com column "Eric Reads the News".