About + Contact

Well, hello there.

My name is Bethany, and I’m a writer, editor, and reader with a penchant for all things pop culture. I’m a Whedonite, a Whovian, a bunhead, a royal watcher, and an Arkansas expat. I love music with banjos, the academic study of sort-of-terrible television, Jane Austen everything, and coffee.

The Less Quick and Dirty Version

I was born and raised in Arkansas, which is a really wonderful state. I recommend you visit it. I was steeped in country music and college football and cooking with heaps of butter and family vacations to Branson. Which is also a place I, without irony, recommend you visit.

When it was time for me to head off to college, I went twenty minutes down the road from my hometown to the University of Arkansas. I joined a sorority and dated all the wrong guys and went to class far too often and was hyper-involved in everything. Which was great. And then I received a Bachelor of Arts in History. And then I realized I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do with my life.

So I went to Syracuse University’s Newhouse School and went through an intensive, year-long writing program. While there I had the incredible opportunities of attending the Toronto International Film Festival, interning at Flavorwire, a national culture blog based in New York City, and covering dance at Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC, while earning my Masters of Arts in Arts Journalism.

And then it was time to get a job. Because I sure as hell was not going to get a Ph. D.

So I headed to New York City. Well, let’s be honest, I headed to Queens (Astoria, yo.)  and then ended up in Yonkers. After living in New York for four years, I moved to Singapore, where I work as an assistant editor at a publishing house, read far too many books, and attempt to keep up with American TV.

I’m an alumna of Kappa Delta sorority, a fervent Arkansas Razorbacks fan, and have published the Taking Flight series under the pseudonym Erin Brown.

If you’d like to contact me, email bethanyelarson@gmail.com, or reach out on Twitter.