Erin Khar

Erin Khar is a writer and advocate who has established herself as a respected voice in the national conversation about the overdose epidemic. She is the author of STRUNG OUT, of which The New York Times writes, “Khar’s buoyant writing doesn’t get mired in her dark subject matter…. This is a story she needed to tell; and the rest of the country needs to listen.” Her long-running advice column, Ask Erin, lives on Substack, and her essays have appeared in The Times of London Sunday Magazine, SELF, Marie Claire, Salon, HuffPost, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, and elsewhere. In 2023, Erin received a Walter E. Dakin fellowship from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. Erin has been in recovery for 22 years and has spent the last 15 years writing and speaking about drug prevention, treatment, and education, as well as drug policy reform. Her advocacy has extended to public speaking engagements with law enforcement, medical professionals, parenting groups, young people, and lawmakers. She lives in New York City.