About Eric

Eric Plaag was born and raised in Virginia, where he completed his BA in Religion and Philosophy at the College of William and Mary and an MFA in Fiction Writing at George Mason University. After living for nine years in various New England towns, he moved to South Carolina in 2002 and completed his PhD in American History at the University of South Carolina in 2006. He was delighted to call the South “home” once again. Since then, he has made his living as an historian, writer, photographer, and documentary filmmaker. After a brief hiatus in Fairfax, Virginia, during the first part of 2011, Eric relocated permanently to Boone, NC, in September 2011. He is delighted to be at home in the mountains of Appalachia, where he has always felt most at peace.

Eric has worn many hats in his lifetime, and he is an ardent believer in trying on new ones every so often. Aside from his professional interests, he is an unrepentant traveler, a rambling storyteller, an audacious karaoke fiend, a devoted cinephile, a faithful member of the Church of Baseball, and father to a thirteen-year-old oracle. He shares his Boone, NC, home with his wife Teresa, his son, and two elderly but nonetheless incorrigible cats, one of which his wife insists is the Second Coming. When not making images or stringing together words, he also spends an immense amount of time pondering the mysteries of the universe.

While this website provides a static space for displaying details about Eric’s professional life, you can learn more about his art, his guilty pleasures, and his musings in general at Ineffable Light. Eric also co-authors the film blog TheSplitScreen.