Dan Wells (author)
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| Born | Daniel Andrew Wells March 4, 1977 Utah |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | USA |
| Genres | horror, young adult |
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Dan Wells (born March 4, 1977) is an American horror fiction author. A Utah native, he currently resides in Orem, Utah.
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[edit] Early life
Wells wrote his first novel, Choose Your Own Adventure, when he was in second grade. He followed up with several novellas, a serial and a series of comic books when he was in high school. He finished his first serious novel when he was 22.[1] He is a graduate of Brigham Young University, with a bachelor degree in English, emphasizing writing and editing.[2]
[edit] Career
Wells is best known as the author of I Am Not a Serial Killer, a horror novel published in the United States by Tor Books. It has been released in the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany, and will soon be published in Taiwan.[2]
He also is one of the four authors (including Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal and Howard Tayler) that contribute to the podcast Writing Excuses.
[edit] Critical reception
Horror writer F. Paul Wilson described I Am Not a Serial Killer as a "dazzling, unputdownable debut" with a protagonist "as chilling as he is endearing."[3] YA author Jack Heath praised it as having "plenty of thematic merit" in a review on his website. "All the characters are richly identifiable, including – and I can't stress enough how impressed I was by this – the serial killer," Heath said. "Wells is a first-time novelist, and yet he's already created a sympathetic villain, the holy grail of thriller writing."[4]
In 2011, Wells was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.[5]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] John Cleaver books
- I Am Not a Serial Killer (2009)
- Mr. Monster (2010)
- I Don't Want To Kill You (2011)
[edit] Stand-alone novels
- A Night of Blacker Darkness (2011), written as Frederick Whithers (author) and Cecil G. Bagsworth III (editor)
- The Hollow City [6] (Forthcoming July 2012)
- Partials [7](Forthcoming February 2012)
[edit] Short stories
- "The Amazing Adventures of George" (2000) in Leading Edge #40[8]
- "Charybdis" (2011) in Leading Edge #61
- "The Mountain of the Lord" (forthcoming, 2011) in Monsters and Mormons (Peculiar Pages)
[edit] Editorials
- How to Write Good (2000) -Published in Leading Edge #40[8]
[edit] References
- ^ "Questions and Answers with Dan Wells - Hortorian.com". http://hortorian.com/2010/06/questions-and-answers-session-with-dan-wells/.
- ^ a b "Bio for Dan Wells". Fearful Symmetry. http://www.fearfulsymmetry.net/?page_id=2. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ^ "Tor: Winter 2010". Macmillan US. http://media.us.macmillan.com/video/olmk/winter2010/Tor-Winter2010.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ "Book review: I Am Not a Serial Killer, by Dan Wells". Jack Heath. http://www.jackheath.com.au. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ The Hugo Awards at Renovation, posted 08 August 2011, retrieved 16 October 2011
- ^ Strock, Ian Randal. "Dan Wells sells The Hollow City to Tor Books". http://sfscope.com/2011/02/moshe-feder-purchases.html. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ Dan Wells. "Dan Wells talks about Partials". http://www.fearfulsymmetry.net/?p=1298. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Stories, Listed by Author (2000)". Locus. 2000. Archived from the original on February 24, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5nnfoxzZc. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
