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Steve Erickson
Stephen Michael Erickson is an American novelist. The author of influential works such as '' Days Between Stations'', '' Tours of the Black Clock'' and '' Zeroville'', he is the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters award and the Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award. Biography 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. Erickson had a pronounced stutter as a child, when teachers believed he couldn't read. This motif occasionally has recurred in novels such as '' Amnesiascope.'' Erickson studied film, literature and journalism at UCLA. 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 three non-fiction books, ''Leap Year'', '' American Nomad'' and '' American Stutter'', Erickson has published ten novels i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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