Dan Simmons
Dan Simmons | |
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| Born | April 4, 1948 Peoria, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Education | Wabash College (BA) Washington University in St. Louis (MEd) |
| Period | 1983–present |
| Genre | Science fiction, horror, fantasy |
| Notable works | Song of Kali (1985) Hyperion (1989) Carrion Comfort (1989) The Terror (2007) |
Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948) is an American science fiction and horror writer. He is the author of the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium/Olympos cycles, among other works that span the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres, sometimes within a single novel. Simmons's genre-intermingling Song of Kali (1985) won the World Fantasy Award. He also writes mysteries and thrillers, some of which feature the continuing character Joe Kurtz.