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Dan Wells
BornDaniel Andrew Wells
(1977-03-04) March 4, 1977 (age 47)
Utah, United States
OccupationAuthor, podcast personality
NationalityAmericans
EducationB.A. in English
Alma materBrigham Young University
Period2000–present
GenreHorror, science fiction, young adult
Notable worksI Am Not a Serial Killer
Website
thedanwells.com

Daniel Andrew "Dan" Wells (born March 4, 1977) is an American horror and science fiction author.[1] A Utah native, he currently resides in North Salt Lake, Utah, US.

Early life

Wells wrote his first stories based on the Choose Your Own Adventure series when he was in second grade.[1] 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.[2] He is a graduate of Brigham Young University, with a bachelor's degree in English, emphasizing writing and editing.[3]

He is the brother of author Robison Wells.[4]

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, Germany, and Taiwan.[5]

He also is one of the four authors (including Mary Robinette Kowal, Brandon Sanderson, and Howard Tayler) who contribute to the podcast Writing Excuses.[1]

You can contact Dan through his assistant Kenna Blaylock at danwellsassistant@gmail.com

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."[6] Young adult fiction author Jack Heath praised it as having "plenty of thematic merit", and noted that "all the characters are richly identifiable, including–and I can't stress enough how impressed I was by this–the serial killer...Wells is a first-time novelist, and yet he's already created a sympathetic villain, the holy grail of thriller writing."[7]

In 2011, Wells was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.[8] His novella, The Butcher of Khardov, received a nomination for the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 2014.[9]

Bibliography

John Wayne Cleaver series

  • First trilogy
  • Next of Kin (July 4, 2014) (novella)
  • Second trilogy
    • The Devil's Only Friend (June 16, 2015)
    • Over Your Dead Body (May 3, 2016)
    • Nothing Left To Lose Release TBA

Partials Sequence

  • Partials (2012)[11]
  • Isolation (August 28, 2012)
  • Fragments (February 26, 2013)
  • Ruins (March 11, 2014)

Mirador Series

  • Bluescreen (February 16, 2016)
  • Ones and Zeroes Release TBA

Stand-alone novels

  • A Night of Blacker Darkness (audio book, 2011), written as Frederick Whithers (author) and Cecil G. Bagsworth III (editor)
  • The Hollow City (ISBN 978-0765331700, July 3, 2012)

Short stories

  • "The Amazing Adventures of George" (2000), in Leading Edge #40[12]
  • "Charybdis" (2011), in Leading Edge #61
  • "The Mountain of the Lord" (2011), in Monsters & Mormons (Peculiar Pages)

Novellas

  • The Butcher of Khardov (June 18, 2013)

Editorials

References

  1. ^ a b c d Clark, Cody (March 4, 2012). "Vanishing point: Humanity gets terminated - almost - in Orem author's grim teen sci-fi novel". The Daily Herald. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  2. ^ "Questions and Answers with Dan Wells - Hortorian.com". Archived from the original on June 5, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Bio for Dan Wells". Fearful Symmetry. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
  4. ^ "Brothers By The Book", Salt Lake Tribune
  5. ^ "Books by Dan Wells". Fearful Symmetry. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
  6. ^ "Tor: Winter 2010" (PDF). Macmillan US. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  7. ^ Heath, Jack (October 16, 2009). "Book review: I Am Not a Serial Killer, by Dan Wells". Goodreads. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  8. ^ "Renovation - Hugo Awards". August 8, 2011. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
  9. ^ "2014 Hugo Awards". April 20, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  10. ^ Mandelo, Brit. "A review of I Don't Want to Kill You by Dan Wells". Tor.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  11. ^ Dan Wells. "Dan Wells talks about Partials". Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  12. ^ a b "Stories, Listed by Author (2000)". Locus. 2000. Archived from the original on February 24, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
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