Daniel Suarez (author)

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Daniel Suarez
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Suarez in 2009
Born (1964-12-21) December 21, 1964 (age 59)
Pen nameLeinad Zeraus
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
Genre Science fiction
Literary movement Techno-thriller, Postcyberpunk
Website
daniel-suarez.com

Daniel Suarez (born December 21, 1964) [1] is an American novelist, writing principally in the science fiction and techno-thriller genres. He initially published under the pseudonym Leinad Zeraus [2] (his name spelled backwards).

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Career

Suarez career as an author began with a pair of techno-thriller novels. The first novel, Daemon , was self-published under his own company, Verdugo Press, in late 2006. It was later picked up by the major publishing house Dutton and re-released in January 2009. His follow-up book Freedom™ was released in January 2010. The Wall Street Journal reported that Walter F. Parkes, who produced the 1983 film WarGames , had optioned the film rights to Daemon with Paramount Pictures in 2009, [3] but the rights likely reverted to Suarez in December 2012. [4]

Suarez announced in November 2011 that he was writing his third novel, "which deals with autonomous drones and next-gen, anonymous warfare" (via his Google Plus account). [5] [ full citation needed ] That novel, Kill Decision , was released on July 19, 2012.[ citation needed ] His next book, Influx, was released on February 20, 2014. [6] Influx won the 2015 Prometheus Award. [7] His fifth book, Change Agent, was released on April 18, 2017 [8] and uses CRISPR as its theme. [9] His most recent novel, Critical Mass (2023), deals with the near future effects of asteroid mining and the privatization of space, and is the second part of a trilogy that started with Delta-v (2019). [10] [ full citation needed ]

Literary works

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References

  1. LCCN   n2008071323
  2. McHugh, Josh (April 21, 2008). "How the Self-Published Debut Daemon Earned Serious Geek Cred". Wired. San Francisco: Condé Nast. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  3. Trachtenberg, Jeffrey A. (March 18, 2009). "When Computers Rule the World". online.wsj.com. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
  4. Suarez, Daniel (November 30, 2012). "Status of 'Daemon' Movie" . Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  5. "Some of you may have noticed that I occasionally disappear for long stretches..." web.archive.org. 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  6. Suarez announcing his 4th book release date on Twitter
  7. Tolbert, Jeremiah (2015-07-13). "2015 Prometheus Award Winner Announced". SFWA. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  8. "Suarez announcing his 5th book release date on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  9. "Triangulation 297 Daniel Suarez | TWiT.TV". TWiT.tv. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  10. Interview with Daniel Suarez about Delta-v on the show Triangulation
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  14. Delta-v. New York: Penguin Random House. 2019. ISBN   978-1524742416.