Steven Erikson, born as Steve Rune Lundin on October 7, 1959, is a renowned Canadian novelist. He has a professional background in both archaeology and anthropology.

Erikson is best known for his epic fantasy series Malazan Book of the Fallen, a ten-volume series that debuted with Gardens of the Moon in 1999 and concluded with The Crippled God in 2011. By 2012, the series had sold over 1 million copies worldwide, and by 2018, over 3 million copies. It has been highly acclaimed, with SF Site describing it as "the most significant work of epic fantasy since Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant," and Fantasy Book Review calling it "the best fantasy series of recent times." Fellow authors such as Glen Cook have referred to the series as a masterwork, and Stephen R. Donaldson has praised Erikson's unique approach to the fantasy genre.

Beyond the Malazan series, Erikson has expanded the Malazan universe with a prequel series, The Kharkanas Trilogy, several novellas, a short story, and a sequel trilogy beginning with The God is Not Willing in 2021.

In addition to fantasy, Erikson has ventured into science fiction with the comedic Willful Child Trilogy, which is a spoof on Star Trek and other genre tropes, and a First Contact novel titled Rejoice, a Knife To the Heart published in 2018.