Dan Simmons

Biography

Dan Simmons grew up in various cities and small towns in the Midwest, including Brimfield, Illinois, which was the source of his fictional "Elm Haven" in 1991's SUMMER OF NIGHT and 2002's A WINTER HAUNTING.

Dan received a B.

in English from Wabash College in 1970, winning a national Phi Beta Kappa Award during his senior year for excellence in fiction, journalism and art.

Dan received his Masters in Education from Washington University in St.

Louis in 1971.

He then worked in elementary education for 18 years—2 years in Missouri, 2 years in Buffalo, New York—one year as a specially trained BOCES "resource teacher" and another as a sixth-grade teacher—and 14 years in Colorado.

ABOUT DAN Biographic Sketch His last four years in teaching were spent creating, coordinating, and teaching in APEX, an extensive gifted/talented program serving 19 elementary schools and some 15,000 potential students.

During his years of teaching, he won awards from the Colorado Education Association and was a finalist for the Colorado Teacher of the Year.

He also worked as a national language-arts consultant, sharing his own "Writing Well" curriculum which he had created for his own classroom.

Eleven and twelve-year-old students in Simmons' regular 6th-grade class averaged junior-year in high school writing ability according to annual standardized and holistic writing assessments.

Whenever someone says "writing can't be taught," Dan begs to differ and has the track record to prove it.

Since becoming a full-time writer, Dan likes to visit college writing classes, has taught in New Hampshire's Odyssey writing program for adults, and is considering hosting his own Windwalker Writers' Workshop.

Dan's first published story appeared on Feb.

15, 1982, the day his daughter, Jane Kathryn, was born.

He's always attributed that coincidence to "helping in keeping things in perspective when it comes to the relative importance of writing and life.

"Dan has been a full-time writer since 1987 and lives along the Front Range of Colorado—in the same town where he taught for 14 years—with his wife, Karen, his daughter, Jane, (when she's home from Hamilton College) and their Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Fergie.

He does much of his writing at Windwalker—their mountain property and cabin at 8,400 feet of altitude at the base of the Continental Divide, just south of Rocky Mountain National Park.

An 8-ft.

-tall sculpture of the Shrike—a thorned and frightening character from the four Hyperion/Endymion novels—was sculpted by an ex-student and friend, Clee Richeson, and the sculpture now stands guard near the isolated cabin.

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Country: United States
Gender: Male
Education: Wabash College·Washington University in St. Louis
Place of birth: Peoria· Illinois
Birth date: 04 April 1948
Nationality: American

Premio Gigamesh
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Bob Morane Prize
Tähtivaeltaja Award
World Fantasy Award—Novel
Hugo Award for Best Novel
August Derleth Award
Cosmos 2000 Award

Dan Simmons adapted his own short-story "Metastasis" (originally published 1988 in the magazine Night Visions 5, later reprinted in the anthlogy "Prayers to Broken Stones") for the teleplay "The Offering" for the television series "Monsters" (also printed in that anthology).
Graduated at the Wabash College in 1970 with a degree in English, worked as a teacher before writing full-time.
Has a daughter, Jane.
His 2007 novel The Terror was dedicated to the cast and crew of The Thing from Another World.

I wish we had the technology to fight God on an equal basis. To beard him in his den.
There would be no more offerings. Not this day.
Prison always has been a good place for writers, killing, as it does, the twin demons of mobility and diversion,Religion and ethics were not always - or even frequently - mutually compatible. The demands of religious absolutism or fundamentalism or rampaging relativism often deflected the worst aspects of contemporary culture or prejudices rather than a system which both man and God could live under with a sense of real justice.
He loved the darkness and the mystery of the Catholic service--the tall priest strutting like a carrion crow and pronouncing magic in a dead language, the immediate magic of the Eucharist bringing the dead back to life so that the faithful could devour Him and become of Him, the smell of incense and the mystical chanting.
. . . Data itself. . .
In such seconds of decision entire futures are made.
Time sure kicks the shit out of people. . .
I explained my opinion of the ship’s logic. “That is a strange designation,” said the ship.
Luckily, even as a young man not yet become himself, John Bridgens had two things besides indecision that kept him from self-destruction - books and a sense of irony.
They lay together in a sheltered place among the ruins of Brasilia while deathbeams from Chinese EMVs played like blue searchlights on broken ceramic walls.

Movies

The World of Tony Montana
2006
Grinders
1996
Grinders is a comedy about the fear of existence, the fear of failure and the violence of thwarted artistic ambition.
The High Powered Rifle
1960
Private detective Stephen Dancer is snooping around in the activities of some heroin dealers and they object strongly; first he is wounded by a sniper firing a high-powered rifle, then he gets a bomb tossed at him, and then is ambushed at a rendezvous at the lily pond.
Home Before Dark
1958
A wealthy but emotionally damaged woman is released from a sanitarium a year after suffering a mental breakdown.

TV

Click
2000

Books

Recent Advances in Human Brain Mapping
Dan Julian Simmons
These proceedings cover a wide range of topics in the field of brain function mapping; from basic neuroscience to clinical applications.
Sleep and Epilepsy
Dan Scott Simmons
With recent advances in epilepsy research, the availability of more modern techniques (particularly digital sleep and eeg recordings), and the acceptance of this specialty as a significant area for both clinicians and for basic research scientists, this i.
Sleep and epilepsy
Dan Scott Simmons
With recent advances in epilepsy research, the availability of more modern techniques (particularly digital sleep and eeg recordings), and the acceptance of this specialty as a significant area for both clinicians and for basic research scientists, this i.
Omega Canyon
Dan Simmons
A thrilling tale of a scientist turned nazi spy informing on america's nuclear war program.
Le Cinquième coeur
Dan Simmons
Verano Tenebroso / Summer of Night
Dan Simmons
It's the summer of 1960 in elm haven, illinois, and five 12-year old boys are forming the bonds that a lifetime of changes will never erase.
Ilión
Dan Simmons
En un lejano futuro, la guerra de troya estalla a la sombra del monte olimpo de marte, bajo la atenta mirada de zeus y los suyos.
L'Abominable
Dan Simmons
En 1924, la course pour parvenir au plus haut sommet du monde s'interrompt brutalement suite à la terrible disparition des célèbres alpinistes george mallory et sandy irvine.
El Terror
Dan Simmons
The crew of hms terror fully expect to find the northwest passage.
Olympo
Dan Simmons
Blood Is Not Enough: Stories of Vampirism
Dan Simmons
"an excellent collection" of vampire stories, from authors such as harlan ellison, dan simmons, gahan wilson, tanith lee, and fritz leiber (publishers weekly).
Un verano tenebroso
Dan Simmons
Verano de 1960.
Song of Kali
Dan Simmons
"o terrible wife of siva / your tongue is drinking the blood, / o dark mother!
Omega Canyon
Dan Simmons
A thrilling tale of a scientist turned nazi spy informing on america's nuclear war program.
El terror
Dan Simmons
La verdadera historia de una legendaria expedición al Ártico, transformada en una excitante y extraordinaria novela en la línea del mejor stephen king o patrick o'brien y llevada a la tv en una extraordinaria serie de 10 episodios.
La Chute d'Hypérion - Intégral
Dan Simmons
La guerre fait rage dans le ciel d'hypérion.
La Chute d'Hypérion - Intégral
Dan Simmons
La guerre fait rage dans le ciel d'hypérion.
The Terror
Dan Simmons
The men on board hms terror have every expectation of triumph.
Terror
Dan Simmons
„terror” odtwarza przebieg tragicznej w skutkach wyprawy badawczej z maja 1845 roku.
Terror
Dan Simmons
„terror” odtwarza przebieg tragicznej w skutkach wyprawy badawczej z maja 1845 roku.
Endymion
Dan Simmons
Mija prawie trzysta lat od upadku hegemonii.
Omega Canyon
Dan Simmons
The Terror
Dan Simmons
The men on board hms terror have every expectation of finding the northwest passage.
Hyperion
Dan Simmons
Henry wadsworth longfellow was a prominent 19th-century american poet.
Los cantos de Hyperion III : Endymion - 1. edición
Dan Simmons
Endymion es la tercera novela de la tetralogía los cantos de hyperion, una saga fundamental de la ciencia ficción moderna que fue galardonada con tres premios locus y el hugo de 1990.
This Year's Class Picture
Dan Simmons
Ms.
La caduta di Hyperion
Dan Simmons
I sette pellegrini hanno raggiunto le tombe del tempo di hyperion e sono al cospetto dello shrike; intorno a loro divampa lo scontro tra gli ouster e le forze dell'egemonia.
The Hollow Man
Dan Simmons
Jeremy bremen has a secret.
Ascenso de Endymion
Dan Simmons
El ascenso de endymion es la cuarta y última novela de la tetralogía los cantos de hyperion, una saga fundamental de la ciencia ficción moderna que fue galardonada con tres premios locus y el hugo de 1990.
Children of the Night
Dan Simmons
Notice: this book is published by historical books limited (www.
Fifth Heart
Dan Simmons
In 1893, sherlock holmes and henry james come to america together to investigate the suicide of clover adams, wife of the esteemed historian henry adams - a member of the family that has given the united states two presidents.
The Fifth Heart
Dan Simmons
Hard as Nails
Dan Simmons
If you're going to shoot joe kurtz, you'd better shoot to kill.
Los cantos de Hyperion : La caída de Hyperion II - 1. edición
Dan Simmons
La caída de hyperion es la segunda novela de la tetralogía los cantos de hyperion, una saga fundamental de la ciencia ficción moderna que fue galardonada con tres premios locus y el hugo de 1990.
Fifth Heart
Dan Simmons
In 1893, sherlock holmes and henry james come to america together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of clover adams, wife of the esteemed historian henry adams--member of the adams family that has given the united states two presidents.
Fifth Heart
Dan Simmons
In 1893, sherlock holmes and henry james come to america together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of clover adams, wife of the esteemed historian henry adams--member of the adams family that has given the united states two presidents.
Fifth Heart
Dan Simmons
In 1893, sherlock holmes and henry james come to america together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of clover adams, wife of the esteemed historian henry adams--member of the adams family that has given the united states two presidents.
Hard Freeze
Dan Simmons
Joe kurtz finds himself targeted by the farino crime family and learns that the person who committed the crime for which he was imprisoned for eleven years is being protected..
Hard As Nails
Dan Simmons
If you're going to shoot joe kurtz, you'd better shoot to kill.
Fifth Heart
Dan Simmons
In 1893, sherlock holmes and henry james come to america together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of clover adams, wife of the esteemed historian henry adams--member of the adams family that has given the united states two presidents.
The Fifth Heart
Dan Simmons
In 1893, sherlock holmes and henry james come to america together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of clover adams, wife of the esteemed historian henry adams -- member of the adams family that has given the united states two presidents.
Hard Freeze
Dan Simmons
Revenge has never been served so cold.
Hyperion
Dan Simmons
W obliczu zbliżającej się nieuchronnie międzygalaktycznej wojny na planetę hyperion przybywa siedmioro pielgrzymów: kapłan, Żołnierz, uczony, poeta, kapitan, detektyw i konsul.
Hard as Nails
Dan Simmons
If you're going to shoot joe kurtz, you'd better shoot to kill.
Hyperion
Dan Simmons
On the world called hyperion, beyond the law of the hegemony of man, there waits the creature called the shrike.
Phases of Gravity
Dan Simmons
A new york times-bestselling author's moving novel about an astronaut returning to earth, and the small steps and giant leaps love requires.
Ilium
Dan Simmons
From the towering heights of olympos mons on mars, the mighty zeus and his immortal family of gods, goddesses, and demigods look down upon a momentous battle, observing—and often influencing—the legendary exploits of paris, achilles, hector, odysseus, and.
Ilium
Dan Simmons
From the towering heights of olympos mons on mars, the mighty zeus and his immortal family of gods, goddesses, and demigods look down upon a momentous battle, observing—and often influencing—the legendary exploits of paris, achilles, hector, odysseus, and.
Olympos
Dan Simmons
Beneath the gaze of the gods, the mighty armies of greece and troy met in fierce and glorious combat, scrupulously following the text set forth in homer's timeless narrative.
Endymion
Dan Simmons
It is 274 years after the fall and the universe is in chaos.
The Abominable
Dan Simmons
It's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of george mallory and sandy irvine high on the shoulder of mt.
Hardcase
Dan Simmons
Once joe kurtz needed revenge--and revenge cost him eleven years in attica prison.
Endymion: Zwei Romane in einem Band
Dan Simmons
Song of Kali
Dan Simmons
The world fantasy award winner by the author of the hyperion cantos and carrion comfort: an american finds himself encircled by horrors in calcutta.
Hyperion
Dan Simmons
On the world called hyperion, beyond the law of the hegemony of man, there waits the creature called the shrike.
Le grand amant
Dan Simmons
« il est presque temps de parler de la dame.
Hardcase
Dan Simmons
Once joe kurtz needed revenge--and revenge cost him eleven years in attica prison.
The Abominable
Dan Simmons
A thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of mount everest, from the bestselling author of the terror.
Kabus
Dan Simmons
The sins of one generation are visited upon another in a haunted new england mansion until the arrival of a young woman from the country breathes new air into mouldering lives and rooms.
Phases of Gravity
Dan Simmons
A new york times–bestselling author’s moving novel about an astronaut returning to earth, and the small steps and giant leaps love requires.

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