Eric Mansfield is an Emmy Award-Winning TV Journalist, Retired Army Officer, and current PR professional who is continuing his passion for storytelling through playwriting and other creative outlets. Most of the topics Eric writes about are inspired by his own life experiences either from being deployed with the military or from being a front-line TV News journalist in Cleveland, Ohio.

Major News Update: Eric is receiving the Kennedy Center's 2023 Jean Kennedy Smith National Playwrighting Award (Second Place) for his original drama, BARON OF BROWN STREET. This play is slated to open in September at Rubber City Theatre located at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio, and the play will also be produced at Market House Theatre in Paducah, Kentucky, after being named the winner of the theatre's annual new play competition.  Date TBD.

Born in Akron, Ohio, Eric earned his B.A. in Journalism from the University of Dayton and his M.A. in Public Relations from Kent State University. He is currently pursuing his MFA - Creative Writing (Playwriting) at Kent State. 

A 20-year career as a broadcast news anchor-reporter (18 of those years with WKYC-TV) concurrent with 20 years of service in the Ohio Army National Guard, including deployments to Iraq and other hotspots, gives Eric a unique life experience to share as a creative writer.

He is often tinkering with multiple short and full-length play scripts along with several screenplays. Eric looks forward to learning from other creative writers and welcomes feedback and engagement.

Eric married his high school sweetheart, Lisa, and the couple has raised three sons.