Dan Simmons
1948 - 2026
Photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
Country of citizenship: United States
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
Educated at: Washington University in St. Louis, Wabash College
Occupation: writer, novelist, science fiction writer, speculative fiction author, pedagogue
Award received: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story, Bob Morane award for best foreign novel, World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, Bram Stoker Award for Novel, August Derleth Award, Hugo Award for Best Novel, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Tähtivaeltaja Award, Cosmos 2000 Award, Premio Gigamesh, World Horror Convention Grand Master Award, Ignotus Award for Best Novel, Locus Award for Best Novella, Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, Locus Award for Best Novelette, BSFA Award for Best Novel, World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, Theodore Sturgeon Award, Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection
Influenced by: Karel Čapek, Yunmen Wenyan, Harlan Ellison, Kevin Kelly, Jack Vance
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Daniel Joseph Simmons (April 4, 1948 – February 21, 2026) was an American science fiction and horror writer. He was 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 wrote mysteries and thrillers, some of which feature the continuing character Joe Kurtz. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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The Fifth Heart
The Abominable
Flashback
Black Hills
The Guiding Nose of Ulfänt Banderōz
Drood
Muse of Fire
The Terror
Olympos
Hard as Nails
Ilium
Hard Freeze
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Worlds Enough & Time
A Winter Haunting
Hardcase
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On K2 with Kanakaredes
Darwin's Blade
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Madame Bovary, C'est Moi
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Orphans of the Helix
The Crook Factory
The Rise of Endymion
Endymion
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Looking for Kelly Dahl
Fires of Eden
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Death in Bangkok
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The Great Lover
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Flashback
The Hollow Man
This Year's Class Picture
Children of the Night
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All Dracula's Children
Summer of Night
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