Jay Erickson grew up in the Midwest before joining the United States Air Force at the age of nineteen. An avid reader since childhood, he holds a deep love for all things fantasy and science fiction, and writing has always been his true passion.

In 2015, he began that journey as a published author by publishing the first book in the Blood Wizard Chronicles saga; Pariah. Today he has over eight novels in print, has short stories in quite a few anthologies, and has worked on tabletop fantasy games such as Pathfinder, and Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition.