Erik Rush

Erik Rush was born in New York City on January 1, 1961, the first child of a white father and black mother. For many years his family lived in the same neighborhood as Betty Shabazz (Malcolm X's widow) and her children. Thus, Erik grew up keenly aware of the unfolding civil rights issues of the day.

Erik pursued a career as a studio, club, and stage musician while working in biomedical research during 1975 to 1985. Between the permissiveness of the culture and incohesiveness and addiction in his family, he soon found himself involved in drugs, alcohol, and the bohemian lifestyle so prevalent in the music industry.

In 1986, Erik dissolved the musical group he had founded and relocated to Colorado. Improved company and environment were helpful, and after determining that his pursuit of a career in music had been largely self-seeking, he began to seek other things.

Erik studied various Eastern and Western philosophies, politics, and military history, and became a Christian in 1989. Working in research during the day, he cultivated his fiction writing style while earning a black belt in karate at night. Formal recovery pursuits further enhanced his outlook and re-energized his creativity. Erik soon began to publish short stories and poetry.

Having been aware of sociopolitical issues since his youth, as he wrote, Erik began to lean toward expression of his beliefs concerning the mind- and spirit-stultifying developments and conventions that he saw in America.

In 1996, one of his short stories won a Chrysalis first place award for short fiction; in 2002 his first novel, "The Angels Fell," was released.

Erik is a contributor of social commentary to WorldNetDaily.com and is an editor and columnist for "The Northern Colorado Courier." In 2004 he established "The Zebra Review," a conservative online magazine "dedicated to re-establishing viable ascendant culture in America."

Erik lives in north central Colorado with his wife, three children, and "altogether too many animals."