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Eric Schumacher (1968 - ) is the author of multiple bestselling historical fiction novels and one novella, all set in the Viking Age.

Schumacher discovered his love for writing and medieval European history at a very early age, as well as authors like J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Bernard Cornwell, Jack Whyte, and Wilbur Smith. Those discoveries fueled his imagination and continue to influence the stories he tells. His first novel, God's Hammer, was published in 2005.

Schumacher now resides in Santa Barbara with his wife and two children.

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Eric Schumacher Without a doubt, I would head back to the Viking Age and would commit everything I saw, touched, smelled, tasted, and experienced to a notebook. Hopef…moreWithout a doubt, I would head back to the Viking Age and would commit everything I saw, touched, smelled, tasted, and experienced to a notebook. Hopefully, I would come back alive.(less)
Eric Schumacher I stick mainly to historical fiction set in the times I also write about, so my summer reading has consisted of two fictional books: War of the Wolf b…moreI stick mainly to historical fiction set in the times I also write about, so my summer reading has consisted of two fictional books: War of the Wolf by Bernard Cornwell and Bloodaxe by C.R. May, as well as a bunch of research books for my next novel.(less)
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The Battle of Svolder: History, Mystery, and Filling the Gaps

Historical fiction writers must be comfortable in the gaps between the known and the unknown. Not just comfortable, but adept at navigating the research, the weighing of contradictory sources, the reasoning about what is plausible, and ultimately, committing to a version of events that comes to life on the page.

The Battle of Svolder (aka Svold or, in Old Norse, Svölðr) is one of the finest example

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“We are saying that women -- as a sex -- are not more sinful than men. Women are not more deceivable than men. Women are not less intelligent than men. Women are not more prone to error than men. Women are not more dangerous than men. Women are not more arrogant or domineering than men. Women are not to be viewed with more suspicion than men. All women are born into sin, unrighteous by both nature and choice -- as are all men.”
― Eric Schumacher, Worthy: Celebrating the Value of Women

“We are all victims of our lives. Some of us accept our circumstances better than others. Some rot from the inside out until every word they speak drips with sourness or venom. I suppose that”
― Eric Schumacher, Sigurd's Swords

“Rules about how to be biblical men and women won't make us love each other. They can't. They won't make us wiling to embrace our God-given identities or help us be willing to walk in humble obedience. They can't because they don't have the power to. No, what we need is Someone who will transform our hearts by his love and humility.”
― Eric Schumacher

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