Erica Land is a Los Angeles based Film / TV writer who grew up reading horror novels in the back of her mother’s hair salon. Her passion for horrors and thrillers weaved with a desire to explore family dynamics in the face of adversity is reflected in every story she writes. She has pitched and sold two films to Lifetime including Her Affair to Die For (2023). Her short story, “The Darkness,” is now a Top Ten Finalist in the Roadmap Writers + Josephson Entertainment Short Story Competition. Grand prize includes an option with Josephson Entertainment.
She has won Roadmap Writer's Diversity Initiative, placed in the NBC, Disney and the WB TV Fellowships, the top 5% for Final Draft’s Big Break and has had sketches featured in multiple NBC Scene Showcases. Erica comes from a career in journalism where she covered everything from concert and film reviews to Wrestelmania, property management and has a background in classical music.
Her Affair to Die For
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Film
by Lifetime
Writer A young woman's dad becomes the obsession of her seductive roommate who will stop at nothing to possess him.
WB Writers Workshop - Second Round
(2020)
NBC Writers on the Verge - Finalist
(2020)
WB Writers Workshop - Second Round
(2019)
Roadmap Writer's Diversity Initiative (December) - Winner
(2019)
CBS Diversity Showcase - Sketch Writer
(2017)
Final Draft/ Big Break - Top Five/ Half-Hour Specs
(2015)
NBC Diversity Scene Showcase (LA and NY) – Sketch Writer
(2014)
Disney|ABC Writing Program – Semi-Finalist (Top 27)
(2013)
NBC Diversity Scene Showcase (LA) – Sketch Writer
(2011)
Script Anatomy
(2019-2019)
Second City Hollywood
(2019-2019)
Northwestern University
(2001-2002)
Vanderbilt University
(1996-2000)