Steven Erikson is a pseudonym used by Steven Rune Lundin, who grew up in Winnipeg, Canada and currently lives in Victoria, British Columbia with his wife and son.

He is an anthropologist and archaeologist by training and a graduate of the acclaimed Iowa Writer’s Workshop. His debut fantasy novel, Gardens of the Moon, marked the opening chapter in the epic Malazan Book of the Fallen sequence, which has been hailed as one of the most significant works of fantasy of this millennium.