About Steven Erikson
Steven Erikson is a pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin, Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist and best-selling author. Erikson was born in Toronto, and now calls the U.K. home. He is an anthropologist and archaeologist by training (and still pursues work in these areas), as well as being a graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop and an accomplished painter.
His first fantasy novel, Gardens of the Moon (1999), constitutes the first of ten projected volumes of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. It was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award. In the late 1990s, Bantam UK bought Gardens of the Moon and requested that Erikson write additional books in the same series. Using the history of the world created by himself and Ian Cameron Esslemont as a guide, he mapped out the series of ten novels. His second novel, Deadhouse Gates, was voted one of the 10 best fantasy novels of the year' by SF Site.
The rights to the Malazan Book of the Fallen were sold for approximately £500,000, among the "largest fees ever paid for a fantasy series". SF Site has called 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." Erikson's books consistently appear on Top Ten and Best-Seller Lists.
His publication website is http://www.stevenerikson.com/.
Deconstructing Fiction (For Writers and Readers): Excerpt Deconstructed (4)
This is the fourth in a series of articles in which author Steven Erikson deconstructs, paragraph by paragraph, an excerpt from his most recent novel, Forge of Darkness.
Deconstructing Fiction (For Writers and Readers): Excerpt Deconstructed (3)
This is the third in a series of articles in which author Steven Erikson deconstructs, paragraph by paragraph, an excerpt from his most recent novel Forge of Darkness.
Deconstructing Fiction (For Writers and Readers): Excerpt Deconstructed (2)
This is the second in a series of articles in which author Steven Erikson deconstructs, paragraph by paragraph, an excerpt from his most recent novel Forge of Darkness.
Deconstructing Fiction (For Writers and Readers): Excerpt Deconstructed (1)
This is the first in a series of articles in which author Steven Erikson deconstructs, paragraph by paragraph, the excerpt, posted here last week, from his most recent novel Forge of Darkness.
Deconstructing Fiction (for Wrtiers and Readers): Excerpt from Forge of Darkness
The following is an excerpt from Steven Erikson’s most recent novel, Forge of Darkness. Over the next several weeks, Erikson will carefully deconstruct this excerpt for the purpose of providing readers and writers with a view of the manner in which the elements of fiction are incorporated into the writing process.
Deconstructing Fiction (for Writers and Readers): Introduction
Steven Erikson, author of best-selling fantasy novels, provides in this introduction the rationale for the careful deconstruction, to be presented here over the following weeks, of an excerpt from his most recent work.
Steven Erikson’s Notes on a Crisis Part XI: Show Don’t Tell
In Steven Erikson’s Notes on a Crisis Part XI, the novelist explores the writing maxim “show don’t tell” and offers valuable tips and techniques for strengthening your writing.
Steven Erikson’s Notes on a Crisis Part X: If it Hurts Like Hell
Novelist Steven Erikson takes on a controversial and often painful subject — themes. How do writers approach themes honestly, in a way that is true to the story, without driving a personal agenda?
Steven Erikson’s Notes on a Crisis Part IX: Back to the Craft of Writing
Steven Erikson, bestselling author of Gardens of the Moon and The Crippled God shares with his readers (and any writer who wants to learn) how to write dialogue that sounds authentic and convincing. Learn from the master the craft of deconstructing your own writing.
Steven Erikson’s Notes on a Crisis Part VIII: With Regret
As he writes his tenth novel in the Malazan series, Steven Erikson’s fiction comes face to face with sharp truth as one of his characters puts into words a reality Steven was not ready to face.
