J. M. Erickson

J.M. Erickson is the author of nineteen books across five series, including the Heart of Darkness saga, the Future Prometheus series, and the Birds of Flight series. His Bold Dark Worlds collection received the Manhattan Book Award Bronze (2026) and the International Impact Book Awards Distinguished Author recognition (2027). Future Prometheus received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews.

Erickson has been a licensed social worker since 1986, serving youth, teens, and adults in the Merrimack Valley. He has worked with high school students in North Andover and taught at Cambridge College's Lawrence, MA site. He lives in Andover, Massachusetts, where he has been a community member since 1993.

His science fiction explores institutional power, coercion, and survival — themes drawn directly from four decades of clinical practice. He is the founder of Emergency Comms Press.