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Decomposing Maggie

If you denied your loved one's last dying wish, would you blame them for haunting you?

Maggie Cooper has lost sight of the living. Three years after her husband Peter's death, Maggie is estranged from her daughter and removed from her son. She wears Peter's one remaining item of clothing - a spattered sweatshirt - and spends more than the occasional night sleeping in her car, away from the memories of their once-shared bed.

In the Hands of Anubis

Now available as an E-book !

Replete with coyotes, dog-headed gods and broken tractors, In The Hands Of Anubis is a wonderfully playful exploration of human relationships and the unexpected guides we meet in life.

Trevor Wallace, a tractor salesman with a lost childhood and a stalled relationship, is en route to Africa on business. In the Frankfurt airport he stumbles over the bag of Constance Ebenezer, a gregarious old lady travelling the world with extraordinary contraband in her luggage.

Falling From Grace

Now available as an E-book !

Sometimes it’s the little things in life that make all the difference—like chromosomes, sperm, tiny bugs or an endangered seabird that nests in an old-growth forest. But, what’s big or what’s little depends entirely on your perspective.

At three feet ten inches tall, Faye Pearson knows all about perspective. A scientist doing entomological research in the tallest trees on Vancouver Island, Faye’s struggle to function in a world not made for people her size is poignant and heartwarming.

Ann Eriksson - Author and Biologist

About Ann

Ann Eriksson - Author and BiologistCanadian novelist and biologist Ann Eriksson combines a background in ecology with her life experiences to create works of fiction grounded in nature and populated with compelling characters.

Her first novel, Decomposing Maggie, portrays the marine environment and island living with a finely tuned sensitivity. Her second novel, In the Hands of Anubis, is a wonderfully playful exploration of human relationships and the unexpected guides we meet in life.  Her third novel, Falling From Grace, poignantly describes the enormous power of small things to shape the world.

Ann is available for readings, and to meet with book clubs in person or by phone.
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Ann Eriksson was born in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan in 1956 and grew up in rural communities across the prairies. As a child, she spent her spare time reading novels and exploring the prairie, forest and aquatic landscapes that now appear in her books.

Ann migrated to the west coast of Canada in 1978 and lived for ten years on Galiano Island. She has resided in Victoria since 1990, completing a degree in Biology with a minor in Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria. Her ongoing work as a consulting biologist, focused primarily on marine and forest ecology with an emphasis on biodiversity, has profoundly informed her writing. She also loves to travel and is an avid hiker and kayaker.

Ann climbed high into the treetops of the ancient temperate rainforest to research her most recent novel, Falling From Grace, which was released in March of 2010.

In The Hands of Anubis, released in early 2009, continues to weave themes of landscape and love in surprising and evocative ways.

Ann currently has three more novels underway, one of them featuring the ecology of Orcinus orca, the killer whale, and the effects of pollution on marine and human lives. For information on how you can gain an advance look at this new manuscript, see the Newsletter section.

Ann Eriksson climbs to the forest treetops as part of her research for a  novel currently in progress. Ann is a member of The Writer's Union of Canada and the Federation of BC Writers as well as a founding member of an independent writer's group in Victoria.

As an ecology consultant, Ann writes for and speaks to groups about the integration of science and the arts, and is available for presentations.

For more information on her literary and environmental work, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Ann is mother to two children, Noah and Camas, who provide her with joy, support and plenty of raw material for her novels. In 2007 she married poet Gary Geddes and they now live onThetis Island, BC.