Steven Erikson is an archaeologist and anthropologist – and the author of one of the defining works of epic fantasy, ‘The Malazan Book of the Fallen’, which has been hailed ‘a masterwork of the imagination’. The first novel in this astonishing ten-book series, Gardens of the Moon, was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award.

He has also written a number of novellas set in the same fantasy world and Willful Child, an affectionate parody of a long-running science-fiction television series. Forge of Darkness begins the Kharkanas Trilogy – a series which takes readers back to the origins of the Malazan world. Fall of Light continues this epic tale. Steven Erikson lives in Victoria, Canada.