Erica Jong (born March 26, 1942) is an American novelist, satirist, essayist with over twenty-five published books that have been influential all over the world. Her most popular novel, Fear of Flying, celebrated its fortieth anniversary in 2013. Never out of print, It has sold over thirty-five million copies in forty-two languages including Chinese and Arabic. Erica’s latest novel,Fear of Dying,was published in 2015/2016 with many publishers all over the world. Her awards include the Fernanda Pivano Award for Literature in Italy, the Sigmund Freud Award in Italy, the Deauville Literary Award in France, the United Nations Award for Excellence in Literature, and Poetry Magazine’s Bess Hokin Prize. Less