Eric Wilder Company Profile
Born in a northwest Louisiana hill town, about a mile from fabled Black Bayou, he often swam with the alligators and water moccassins. He has degrees in geology from Northeast and the University of Arkansas but discovered his love for writing during the oil bust of the eighties.
Eric has written more than seventy short stories and six novels. He lives in Edmond, Oklahoma with wife Marilyn. He has three dogs - an Australian Cow Dog named Patch, two pugs named Princess and Scooter, a big ol' bulldog named Oscar - and two cats named Goldie and Buttercup.
News from Eric Wilder:
French Quarter's Voodoo Detective Makes Third Appearance in Primal Creatures, Eric Wilder's Newest Novel
Louisiana mystery writer Eric Wilder has penned his third novel in the French Quarter mystery series that features Wyatt Thomas, New Orleans' favorite sleuth EDMOND, Okla., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Just forty miles south of New Orleans, the Louisiana wetlands play host to perhaps the largest population of migratory birds on earth. Bordering the Mississippi […]
Eric Wilder Announces Release of Newest Novel, Primal Creatures, the Third in His French Quarter Mystery Series Featuring New Orleans Sleuth Wyatt Thomas
Acclaimed book series' newest entry follows Cajun werewolves running amok in South Louisiana's wetlands EDMOND, Okla., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — EricWilder's newest novel, Primal Creatures is the thirdin his French Quarter Mystery series featuring New Orleans sleuth Wyatt Thomas. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130130/PH50315-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130130/PH50315-b ) A rougarou is a Cajun werewolf. An eccentric New […]
Bestselling Cookbook Author Can't Boil Water
EDMOND, Okla., Aug. 9, 2012 — Mystery writer Eric Wilder's wife Marilyn is the cook in their family. Even though he's the author of four successful cookbooks, she scoffs at his culinary ability and maintains he can't boil water. Growing up in Louisiana, Wilder liked reading his mother's cookbooks and especially the little anecdotes sometimes […]
