Daniel Suarez (author)

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Daniel Suarez
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Suarez in 2010
Born (1964-12-21) December 21, 1964 (age 60)
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". [5] [ full citation needed ] That novel, Kill Decision , was released on July 19, 2012. [6] His next book, Influx, was released on February 20, 2014. [7] Influx won the 2015 Prometheus Award. [8] His fifth book, Change Agent, was released on April 18, 2017 [9] and uses CRISPR as its theme. [10] 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). [11] [ full citation needed ]Critical Mass awarded Suarez his second Prometheus Award. [12]

Literary works

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..." 2019-02-21. Archived from the original on 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  6. ↑ "Kill Decision by Daniel Suarez". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  7. ↑ Suarez announcing his 4th book release date on Twitter
  8. ↑ Tolbert, Jeremiah (2015-07-13). "2015 Prometheus Award Winner Announced". SFWA. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  9. ↑ "Suarez announcing his 5th book release date on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  10. ↑ "Triangulation 297 Daniel Suarez | TWiT.TV". TWiT.tv. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  11. ↑ Interview with Daniel Suarez about Delta-v on the show Triangulation
  12. ↑ Hibbert, Chris (2024-07-09). "The Prometheus Award for Best Novel". Libertarian Futurist Society. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
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  16. ↑ Delta-v. New York: Penguin Random House. 2019. ISBN   9781524742416.