Dan Wells is a thriller and science fiction writer. Born in Utah, he spent his early years reading and writing. He is he author of the Partials series, the John Cleaver series, the Mirador Series, and a few others (The Hollow City, A Night of Blacker Darkness, Extreme Makeover etc). He was a Campbell nomine for best new writer, and has won a Hugo award for his work on the podcast Writing Excuses; the podcast is also a multiple winner of the Parsec Award.