Erica Lorraine Scheidt. Born: Portland, Oregon. Lives: Berkeley, California. Uniform: blue jeans, t-shirt, converse. Carried around as a teenager: Henry Miller and Anais Nin. Carries around now: iphone and sketchpad. Loves: skinny novels, hound dogs, swimming in the river, public radio and Modern Love. Plans for 2013: Teen Center Writers' Workshop, 826 Valencia and Headlands Center for the Arts. Questions: Ask here.