A memoir of her life as a writer, Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life, came out in March 2006. In her three historical novels- Fanny, Shylock's Daughter, and Sappho's Leap-she demonstrates her mastery of eighteenth-century British literature, the verses of Shakespeare, and ancient Greek lyric, respectively. In her groundbreaking first novel, Fear of Flying (which has sold twenty-six million copies in more than forty languages), she introduced Isadora Wing, who also plays a central part in three subsequent novels- How to Save Your Own Life, Parachutes and Kisses, and Any Woman's Blues. She has published 21 books, including eight novels, six volumes of poetry, six books of non-fiction and numerous articles in magazines and newspapers such as the New York Times, the Sunday Times of London, Elle, Vogue, and the New York Times Book Review. In a not-so-surprising twist, Martha Stewart has said that Jong ruined her marriage to Andy Stewart by sleeping with him some 30 years ago.Erica Jong-novelist, poet, and essayist-has consistently used her craft to help provide women with a powerful and rational voice in forging a feminist consciousness. Her current husband is Ken Burrows, a divorce lawyer. Jong has been married four times: Her first husband, whom she married at 20, went insane her second marriage was to Chinese-American psychiatrist Alan Jong (cheating on him inspired Fear of Flying) and next up was writer Jonathan Fast.

Jong has since written several more novels, including Fear of Flying sequels, and various works of non-fiction like a study of Henry Miller, memoirs, and essays, most notably the collection What Do Women Want? in which she wrote in gory detail about having a facelift at the age of 52. She started out writing lousy poetry, but hit the big time with her first novel, Fear of Flying-published in 1973 when she was 30-which charts the adventures of Jong's alter-ego Isadora Wing, who is on a quest to find fulfillment beyond her stultifying marriage. The child of wealthy and bohemian New York Jews, Erica Jong was educated at Barnard and Columbia. The novel has been translated into 27 languages and sold more than 12 million copies. Jong reinvented sex in the '70s with Fear of Flying, which advocated the 'zipless fuck'-no-strings adultery.

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