Erik Hanberg has published more than ten books of fiction, including the science fiction novels in The Lattice Trilogy (The Lead Cloak, The Iron Harvest, The Tin Whistle), the high-tech heist Semi/Human, the time-loop novella 1999, and more. His fiction has been praised by Kirkus Reviews as “staggeringly smart” and his books have been translated into Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Arabic.

Across all titles — fiction and nonfiction — Erik Hanberg has sold more than 140,000 books.

Erik’s theater writing has been featured in several playwriting festivals (Pierce County Playwright Festival, the Double-Shot Theater Festival, Carleton College) and in a stage reading at Tacoma Little Theater. He also wrote and created the escape room drama The Scorpion Extraction for Adventures by appointment. And his play #writingretreat is available for purchase online.

As creator of the Horatio Theater project (2006–2009), he produced several well-reviewed plays, musicals, and cabarets, and wrote. After running the Grand Cinema and creating the 72 Hour Film Competition (now the 253 Short Film Competition), he wrote and directed two short films for the competition, both of which won awards.