Steve Erickson

January 4, 2024
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Steve Erickson
Full Name Steve Erickson
Occupation Novelist
Date Of Birth Apr 20, 1950(1950-04-20)
Age 74
Birthplace Santa Monica
Country United States
Birth City California
Horoscope Aries

Steve Erickson Biography

Name Steve Erickson
Birthday Apr 20
Birth Year 1950
Place Of Birth Santa Monica
Home Town California
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Aries

Steve Erickson is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on April 20, 1950 in Santa Monica, California, United States. An American writer, essayist, as well as a critic. He is famous for works like Days Between Stations, Rubicon Beach as well as Tours of the Black Clock. His work falls under the genres of literature that include magical surrealism, realism, and avant-pop.

He has cited He cites Henry Miller as one of his literary influences. as one of his literary influences.

Erickson studied film at UCLA (BA, 1972), then journalism (M.A. 1973). For a few years he worked as a freelance writer for alternative weekly newspapers. His first novel, Days Between Stations, was published in 1985. Along with two non-fiction books, Leap Year and American Nomad, Erickson has published a total of ten novels in a dozen languages, and there are unconfirmed rumors that 2017’s Shadowbahn may be his last. Erickson himself appeared briefly as a fictional character in Michael Ventura’s 1996 novel, The Death of Frank Sinatra.

Steve Erickson was born and raised in Los Angeles. For many years his mother, a former actress, ran a small theatre in L.A. His father, who died in 1990, was a photographer. When Erickson was a child he stuttered badly and teachers believed he couldn’t read. This motif occasionally has recurred in novels such as Amnesiascope.

He was raised living in Los Angeles, California as the sole daughter of an actor mom and father of a photographer.

Steve Erickson Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Novelist
House Living in own house.

Steve Erickson is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Steve Erickson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He earned degrees in journalism and film at the University of California-Los Angeles. Later, he worked as an independent journalist for alternative weekly newspapers.

He was awarded an award from the National Endowment for the Arts award in 1987.

Stephen Michael Erickson (born April 20, 1950) is an American novelist. The recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature and a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, he is the only Southern California novelist to win the Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award.

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BBC Radio 4 broadcast an adaptation of Shadowbahn as part of its Dangerous Visions series in June 2018. A motion picture adaptation of Zeroville starring James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jacki Weaver and Megan Fox was released in September 2019.

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Steve Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Steve Erickson celebrates birthday on April 20 of every year.

Erickson’s Tours of the Black Clock appears on critic Larry McCaffery’s list of the 20th Century’s Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction. In a winter 2008 poll by the National Book Critics Circle of 800 novelists and writers, Zeroville was named one of the five favorite novels of the previous year. In the December 2015 issue of Granta, Lethem called the then-still- unpublished Shadowbahn the best American novel of whatever year in which it was ultimately released.

Where did Steve Erickson grow up?

Biography. Steve Erickson was born and raised in Los Angeles.

How many books has Steven Erikson sold?

Steven Erikson
Genres| Epic Fantasy, Science Fiction, Coming of Age
Notable works| Malazan Book of the Fallen The Kharkanas Trilogy Willful Child

Is Malazan Book Of Fallen complete?

Malazan Book of the Fallen /məˈlæzən/ is a series of epic fantasy novels written by the Canadian author Steven Erikson. The series, published by Bantam Books in the U.K. and Tor Books in the U.S., consists of ten volumes, beginning with Gardens of the Moon (1999) and concluding with The Crippled God (2011).

Who wrote Gardens of the Moon?

Steven Erikson

How did Steven Erikson write malazan?

Erikson deliberately began the Malazan Book of the Fallen series mid-plot rather than beginning with a more conventional narrative. Erikson’s style of writing includes complex plots with masses of characters. In addition, Erikson has been praised for his willingness to kill central characters when it enhances the plot.

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