Erin Barnes

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Erin K. Barnes is a Denver-based writer of memoir, speculative fiction, music journalism, and travel. A synesthete, PR wing woman, and goth mom, Erin released a travel book with Countryman Press/W.W. Norton of quick escapes from the city called Easy Weekend Getaways from Denver and Boulder. It’s an easy guide to romantic getaways, boozy stopovers, foodie indulgences, wild adventures, and spiritual journeys.

Bylines include a grandiose coming-out moment in Men’s Health, a rant in Syfy about being sorted in Slytherine house, a practical guide to recreating synesthesia for OK Whatever, and the retelling of her personal tragic doppelganger story as it relates to the evocative film The Double Life of Veronique for a literary journal, Monologging. Erin was honored as one of Westword’s 100 Colorado Creatives and 303 Magazine’s 70 Colorado Creatives. She currently does PR for Meow Wolf and just released a punk memoir, Glory Guitars, under the alter ego Gogo Germaine. She lives in Denver with her two children and two kitties.