ERIN VAN RHEENEN writes for travel, science, and general interest publications like Atlas Obscura, BBC Travel, Southwest, The Sun, Bellevue Literary Review, Hakai, and NPR.

She has an MA from City College of New York, has spent many years living abroad, and is now based in San Francisco.

Erin is the author of Living Abroad in Costa Rica, a guide to moving to that country. Her novel set in Costa Rica, YOU COULD BE HAPPY HERE, is forthcoming in Fall 2025 from Sibylline Press. Check out her latest on Costa Rica (about a beach town that’s also an open-air art museum) or read her thoughts on the responsibility a writer has to the places she writes about.