Michael Erard (born 27 December 1967) is an American non-fiction writer and journalist. He holds an M.A. (linguistics) and a Ph.D. (English) from the University of Texas at Austin.

Notable works

Books

*Erard, Michael (2007). ''Um…: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean''. New York: Pantheon. *Erard, Michael (2012)
''Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners''
New York: Free Press.
in '' The New York Times'', 20 January 2012.

Articles

*Erard, Michael (2005)
'The Gift of the Gab'
'' New Scientist'', 8 January, .‍ *Erard, Michael (2012)
'King of the Hyperpolyglots'
'' The Morning News'', 10 January. *Erard, Michael (2012)
'The Polyglot of Bologna'
'' The Public Domain Review'', 26 June. *Erard, Michael (2016)
'Why Australia is Home to One of the Largest Language Families in the World'
'' Science'', 21 September. *Erard, Michael (2019)
'Pete Buttigieg’s Language Magic Is Textbook Polyglot Mythmaking'
'' The Atlantic'', 29 April.

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* * 1967 births American male journalists American non-fiction writers Living people University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-journalist-stub