Steven Erikson

This article is about the Canadian fantasy author. For the American surrealist novelist, see Steve Erickson.
Steven Erikson
October 2016
October 2016
BornSteve Rune Lundin
(1959-10-07) October 7, 1959 (age 65)
Toronto, Ontario
Pen nameSteven Erikson
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityCanadian
CitizenshipCanadian
Period1991 - present[1][2]
GenresEpic Fantasy, Science Fiction, Coming of Age
Years active1991-present
Notable works
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Steve Rune Lundin (born October 7, 1959), known by his pseudonym Steven Erikson, is a Canadian novelist who was educated and trained as both an archaeologist and anthropologist.

He is best known for his ten-volume spanning epic fantasy series Malazan Book of the Fallen, which began with the publication of Gardens of the Moon (1999) and was completed with the publication of The Crippled God (2011). By 2012 over 1 million copies of the series had been sold worldwide,[3] and over 3 million copies by 2018. SF Site has called the series "the most significant work of epic fantasy since Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant,"[4] and Fantasy Book Review described it as "the best fantasy series of recent times."[5] Fellow author Glen Cook has called the series a masterwork, while Stephen R. Donaldson has praised him for his approach to the fantasy genre.

Set in the Malazan world, Erikson has commenced a prequel trilogy, The Kharkanas Trilogy, seven novellas, a short story, and is currently working on a sequel trilogy, the first book of which, titled The God is Not Willing, was published in 2021.

His foray into science fiction has produced a comedic trilogy, the Willful Child Trilogy, a spoof on Star Trek and other tropes common in the genre, and a First Contact novel titled Rejoice, a Knife To the Heart, published in 2018.

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  3. ^ Melville 2015, p. 289: "according to the cover of the 2012 UK paperback edition of The Crippled God."
  4. ^ Thompson, William (2004). "The SF Site Featured Review: Midnight Tides". The SF Site. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  5. ^ "House of Chains by Steven Erikson". Fantasy Book Review. Fantasybookreview.com. 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2009.