Eric Burton was born in Cleveland, OH. As a child he discovered a love of reading by committing time to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Toni Morrison and Octavia Butler. He labels himself a “low fantasy and horror fanatic,” crediting his yearning to write to the ability of these authors and how they are able to create such beautiful worlds and characters. “I was the boy who sat alone, reading, writing or drawing, which were the best times of my creative youth. Sometimes this meant bringing home dozens of books from the library and disconnecting from the world for a bit. I would sit and read from sun up to sunset.”

Burton began a career in writing in early 2022. His first novel was a book that took him twelve months to write, which he describes as the moment, “I realized I might have a voice for this, to create my own worlds, and add something to this collection of wonderful stories to tell.” The Great and the Narrow is the first of many novels Burton plans to release.