Erika de Vasconcelos (born 1965) is a Portuguese Canadian novelist.
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Born in 1965 in Montreal to recent immigrants from Portugal, de Vasconcelos has one sister, Paula, now a theatrical director.[1][2] A graduate of Marianopolis College, with a degree in English and a certificate in Interior Design, she decided to seriously pursue writing in her 30s after her 10th class reunion at Marianopolis College.[2] Her first novel, My Darling Dead Ones, was published in 1997. She followed up with Between the Stillness and the Grove in 2000.
de Vasconcelos is divorced, with two daughters.[2][3] She resides in Toronto.