Estelle Erasmus is an award-winning journalist, writing coach, and longtime ASJA member and an adjunct instructor at New York University (where she received the 2023 Teaching Excellence Award) and for Writer’s Digest. She received a 2023 Zibby Award naming Writing That Gets Noticed  the “Best Book for The Writer”. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Independent, WIRED, Huffington Post Personal, AARP the Magazine, Vox, Insider, Next Avenue, GH, Marie Claire and more. Estelle’s articles for the New York Times and Washington Post have gone globally viral (with more than 500 comments on her NYT piece). She has appeared on “Good Morning America”, “Fox News with Ernie Anastos” and has had her articles mentioned on “The View”. She is host of the Freelance Writing Direct Podcast, found here on the site, and on YouTube,  iTunes  and Spotify.