Interview with Erin Lynne Chandler, April 12, 2025

Interview Summary

Erin Chandler details her early childhood, playing among the vines and the back-stage of Vegas shows. She credits watching these performances to her early love of theater, which continues to this day. She received a degree in Theater and pursued acting in LA, even dabbling in writing plays and screenplays until a rare auto-immune disease forced her to switch professions, from acting to writing. She tells a powerful story of coping with this illness and finding new ways to live out her passions through lively and detailed tales of her life. She speaks passionately and openly about returning to school at the age of 50 to continue her education. She opened her own publishing company, Rabbit House Press, in 2015 and proudly uplifts authors that struggle to be published in the current publishing industry, including queer authors. Her future plans are to expand Rabbit House Press and hopefully bring in more authors and designers that are passionate about their art

Interview Keyword

Erin Chandler Vegas Kentucky Texas California Malibu Frank Sinatra Theater Creative Writing Los Angeles University of Kentucky Spalding University memoir writing publishing editing design book publishing novel

Interview Rights

All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.

Interview Usage

Interviews may only be reproduced with permission from Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.