Steven Erikson is the pen name of Steve Rune Lundin, a Canadian novel writer, who was educated and trained as both an archaeologist and anthropologist.
his best-known work is the ongoing fantasy series Malazan Book of the Fallen, which by 2006 had sold over 250000, copies. Sf Site has named the series the most significant work of epic fantasy since Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, and Fantasy Book Review described it as the best fantasy series of recent times. Fellow fantasy writer Stephen Donaldson, refers to Erikson as an extraordinary author. In an interview with sffworld. com, Erikson acknowledged that he originally doubted the series would become mainstream, and was subsequently surprised at how successful the series has been. He also noted how people either hate the series or love it.
Steven Erikson
