- Dan Wells (author)
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Dan Wells 
Born Daniel Andrew Wells
March 4, 1977
UtahOccupation Author Nationality USA Genres horror, young adult
fearfulsymmetry.netDan Wells (born March 4, 1977) is an American horror fiction author. A Utah native, he currently resides in Orem, Utah.
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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]
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.
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]
Bibliography
John Cleaver books
- I Am Not a Serial Killer (2009)
- Mr. Monster (2010)
- I Don't Want To Kill You (2011)
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)
Short stories
- "The Amazing Adventures of George" (2000) in Leading Edge #40[8]
- "The Mountain of the Lord" (forthcoming, 2011) in Monsters and Mormons (Peculiar Pages)
Editorials
- How to Write Good (2000) -Published in Leading Edge #40[8]
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.
External links
- Wells' personal website
- Writing Excuses Website
- Questions and Answers with Dan Wells
- Second Questions and Answers with Dan Wells
- Dan Wells at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Categories:- 1977 births
- Living people
- American horror writers
- Brigham Young University alumni
- American Latter Day Saints
- Writers from Utah
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