Dan Willis (author)

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.

Dan Willis
Born (1967-12-31) December 31, 1967
Washington, D.C.
Occupationwriter
GenreFantasy
Website
www.danwillisauthor.com

Biography

His Dragonlance fantasy novels were his first books published by a major publisher, and his first young adult works as well.[1] All three of his Dragonlance: The New Adventures books are on the accelerated reading list for a junior high school in Utah.[2]

Willis lives in Utah with his wife and four children.[3] 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.[1]
  • 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]

The Shattered West series

  • The Flux Engine (vol.1), ISBN 978-1482762792, April 16, 2013

Arcane Casebook series

  • Dead Letter (December 2018, ebook only, a prequel to the series)
  • In Plain Sight (December 2018, ISBN 978-1-72914-250-9)
  • Ghost of a Chance (March 2019, ISBN 978-1-79750-165-9)
  • The Long Chain (September 2019, ISBN 978-1-68809-872-5)
  • Mind Games (February 2020, ISBN 979-8610878003)
  • Limelight (May 2020, ISBN 979-8648666023)

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 0-7869-3193-0, 2004-05-01

Sources:[3][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]

References
  1. Talinthas (2004-09-17). "Dan Willis". The Dragonlance Nexus. Archived from the original on 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
  2. "Accelerated Reader listing for Farmington Jr High". Farmington, Utah: Davis School District. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  3. "Dan Willis". Mirrorstone Books. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
  4. "Dan Willis". Archived from the original on February 24, 2009.
  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. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-02-11.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. "Dan Willis". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
  10. Tigard, Conan (2005-06-29). "Reading Review book review - Dragon Knight by Dan Willis". Reading Review. Retrieved 2008-03-24. This book is probably the best one in the DragonLance: The New Adventures series.
  11. "Dan Willis Author Page". Goodreads. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
  12. "VOYA OnLine Reviews". VOYA OnLine. Archived from the original on September 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
  13. Diorio, Geri (2005). "Review: Dragon Sword/Dying Kingdom/Return of the Sorceress". Voice of Youth Advocates. 28 (3). Scarecrow Press Inc. (published August 2005). p. 238. ISSN 0160-4201.
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