Erik Shambu Matson was born in Nepal.Went to Calcutta India with his mother and his sisters.Erik lost his family in Calcutta india and lived a life of an orphan at the age of five years old.At the age of nine years old was taken to a catholic orphanage and was adopted by an american family in Wisconsine.Soon as Erik discovered the english alphabet he began to write stories.In 1981 Erik moved to Gulf Coast of alabama where he risides at the present dreaming up his stories