Daniel Arthur Smith

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Daniel Arthur Smith
Born (1968-09-14) September 14, 1968 (age 55)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationWriter
Website danielarthursmith.com

Daniel Arthur Smith (born September 14, 1968) is an American science fiction author. His titles include Spectral Shift, Hugh Howey Lives, The Cathari Treasure, The Somali Deception, and a few other novels and short stories. He also curates the short fiction series Tales from the Canyons of the Damned and Frontiers of Speculative Fiction.

Contents

As part of the Dominion Rising collection of selected titles his novel Spectral Shift hit number 14 on the USA Today [1] Best Seller list and number 4 on the Wall Street Journal [2] Best Seller list.

Personal life

Daniel has traveled to over 300 cities in 22 countries, residing in Los Angeles, Kalamazoo, Prague, Crete, and now writes in Manhattan where he lives with his wife and sons.

Bibliography

Novels and novellas

The Cameron Kincaid Adventures

  • The Cathari Treasure (November 2012)
  • The Somali Deception (December 2013)

Spectral Worlds

  • Spectral Shift (August 2017)

Spectral Worlds short stories

  • The Off World Kick Murder Squad I from Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 11 (December 2016)
  • The Off World Kick Murder Squad II from Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 12 (January 2017)
  • The Off World Kick Murder Squad III from Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 14 (February 2017)
  • Lorem Tempus from Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 16 (June 2017)
  • Carcerem from UnCommon Lands (August 2017)

The Lost Tapes short stories

  • The Lost Tapes–Beckett Ridge from Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 10 (October 2016)
  • The Lost Tapes–Jack Carter from Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 17 (June 2017)
  • The Lost Tapes–Sirens of Bartholomew from Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 18 (August 2017)
  • The Lost Tapes–The Madness of King Street from Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 19 (September 2017)

Other short stories

As editor

Frontiers of Speculative Fiction

  • CLONES: The Anthology (May 2016, with Jessica West)
  • OCEANS: The Anthology (September 2017, with Jessica West) [3] [4] [5]

Tales from the Canyons of the Damned

  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 1 (October 2015)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 2 (November 2015)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 3 (April 2016)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 4 (April 2016)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 5 (May 2016)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 6 (July 2016)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 7 (August 2016)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 8 (September 2016)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 9 (October 2016)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 10 (October 2016)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 11 (December 2016)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 12 (January 2017)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 13 (February 2017)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 14 (February 2017)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 15 (March 2017)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 16 (June 2017)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 17 (June 2017)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 18 (August 2017)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 19 (September 2017)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 20 (November 2017)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 21 (January 2018)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 22 (February 2018)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 23 (April 2018)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 24 (May 2018)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 25 (June 2018)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 26 (August 2018)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 27 (October 2018)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 28 (November 2018)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 29 (December 2018)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 30 (January 2019)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 31 (February 2019)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 32 (April 2019)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 33 (May 2019)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 34 (June 2019)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 35 (October 2019)
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 36 (December 2019)

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Collected editions

Interviews

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