DAN SIMMONS
Ο Νταν Σίμονς γεννήθηκε στην Πεόρια του Ιλινόις το 1948. Πρώην δάσκαλος και διευθυντής εκπαιδευτικών προγραμμάτων για ταλαντούχους μαθητές, τιμήθηκε το 1986 με το βραβείο World Fantasy Award για το μυθιστόρημά του "Το τραγούδι της θεάς Κάλι". Έκτοτε καθιερώθηκε στις ΗΠΑ και την Ευρώπη ως ένας από τους ελάχιστους μεγάλους νέους συγγραφείς φαντασίας της δεκαετίας του '80. Ο Σίμονς κινείται άνετα στο χώρο και της επιστημονικής και της σκοτεινής φαντασίας και κάθε καινούριο βιβλίο του βραβεύεται ανελλιπώς. Το μυθιστόρημα τρόμου "Carrion comfort" έχει κερδίσει τα βραβεία Bram Stoker Award (1990), British Fantasy Society Award (1989) και Locus Award for Best Horror Novel. Ο "Υπερίων", ένα μυθιστόρημα επιστημονικής φαντασίας, έχει κερδίσει το βραβείο Χιούγκο (1990) και το Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. "Η πτώση του Υπερίωνα" ξανά το Locus Award (1991), η νουβέλα "Το κρεβάτι της εντροπίας τα μεσάνυχτα" (1991) το Locus Award for Best Novelette. Σήμερα ο Σίμονς ζει στο Κολοράντο με τη γυναίκα του και την κόρη του και επαγγελματικά ασχολείται αποκλειστικά με το γράψιμο.
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