Dan Willis

Dan Willis
Fantasy author Dan Willis.
Born	December 31, 1967 (1967-12-31) (age 43) Washington, D.C.
Occupation	writer
Nationality	USA
Genres	Fantasy
Influences Tracy Hickman
dansrealm.com

Dan Willis is an author of young adult and other fantasy novels in the Dragonlance series created by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. He lives in Utah.^[1]

Biography

His Dragonlance fantasy novels were his first books published by a major publisher, and his first young adult works as well.^[2] All three of his Dragonlance: The New Adventures books are on the accelerated reading list for a junior high school in Utah.^[3]

Willis lives in Utah with his wife and four children.^[4] In addition to writing, Willis is a web designer and columnist, and a computer programmer.^[4]

Bibliography

Novels

Dragonlance: The New Adventures series, written for readers age 10 and up.^[5]

• The Dragon Well (vol.3),^[6] ISBN 0-7869-3354-2, September 1, 2004. The Dragon Well was Willis's first young adult novel.^[2]
• Dragon Knight (vol.7), ISBN 0-7869-3735-1, May 3, 2005
• Wizard's Return (Trinistyr Trilogy vol.3), ISBN 0-7869-4025-5, May 9, 2006

The Anvil of Time series

• The Survivors (vol.2), ISBN 0-7869-4723-3, November 4, 2008^[7]

Short works

• "Lake of Death", pp. 127–152, collected in The Search for Power: Dragons from the War of Souls, edited by Margaret Weis, ISBN 0786931930, 2004-05-01

Sources:^[1][8][9]

Critical reception

Dragon Knight, the seventh volume in an eight volume series, has been described as the best in the series.^[10] Both The Dragon Well and Dragon Knight have a 3.8 out of 5 rating on Goodreads.com.^[11] The Dragon Well was given a 2Q (out of 3Q) by Geri Diorio of the Voice of Youth Advocates, a professional journal for librarians.^[12][13] Dan Willis' third book, Wizard's Return was the third book in the Trinistir Tirllogy and continued the stories of the characters from his previous books.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Dan Willis". Mirrorstone Books. http://ww2.wizards.com/books/mirrorstone/AuthorBios.aspx?doc=DanWillis. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Talinthas (2004-09-17). "Dan Willis". The Dragonlance Nexus. http://www.dlnexus.com/features/interviews/12609.aspx. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
3. ^ "Accelerated Reader listing for Farmington Jr High". Farmington, Utah: Davis School District. http://webservices.davis.k12.ut.us/AR/index.jsp?loc=409. Retrieved 2008-03-24. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Dan Willis at wizards.com. Retrieved November 18th, 2008.
5. ^ Dragon Knight (Dragonlance: The New Adventures, book 7).
6. ^ Dan Willis's page at www.booksnbytes.com
7. ^ Dragonlance: The Survivors on LDS Fiction.
8. ^ "Writers: Dan Willis". SciFan. http://www.scifan.com/writers/ww/WillisDan.asp. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
9. ^ "Dan Willis". Fantastic Fiction. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/dan-willis/. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
10. ^ Tigard, Conan (2005-06-29). "Reading Review book review - Dragon Knight by Dan Willis". Reading Review. http://www.readingreview.com/youngreader/dragonknight.html. Retrieved 2008-03-24. "This book is probably the best one in the DragonLance: The New Adventures series." 
11. ^ "Dan Willis Author Page". Goodreads. http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/53296.Dan_Willis. Retrieved 2011-07-07. 
12. ^ "VOYA OnLine Reviews". VOYA OnLine. http://www.voya.com/WhatsInVoya/reviews.shtml#reviews. Retrieved 2008-11-12. ^{[dead link]}
13. ^ Diorio, Geri (2005). "Review: Dragon Sword/Dying Kingdom/Return of the Sorceress.". Voice of Youth Advocates (Scarecrow Press Inc.) 28 (3): pp. 238. August, 2005. ISSN 01604201. 

External links

• Dan Willis at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Date of birth	December 31, 1967
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