What is Dan Simmons?
{{BLP unsourced|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox Writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]] --> | name = Dan Simmons | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_date = April 4, 1948 | birth_place = [[Peoria, Illinois]] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = [[Writer]] | nationality = [[United States|American]] | period = 1983-present | genre = [[Science fiction]], [[Horror fiction|Horror]] and [[Fantasy]] | subject = | movement = | notableworks = Novel: ''Song of Kali'' (1985), Novel: ''Hyperion'' (1989) | signature = | website = }} '''Dan Simmons''' (born April 4, 1948 in [[Peoria, Illinois]]) is an [[Americans|American]] [[writer]]. He is best known for his [[Hugo Award]]-winning series called the [[Hyperion Cantos]], and for his [[Locus Award]]-winning [[Ilium/Olympos]] cycle. He writes in genres such as [[science fiction]], [[Horror fiction|horror]] and [[fantasy]]. ==Books== ===Hyperion Cantos series=== # ''[[Hyperion (book)|Hyperion]]'' (1989) - [[Hugo Award]] 1990, [[Locus Award]] 1990 (Science Fiction) # ''[[The Fall of Hyperion]]'' (1990) # ''[[Endymion (Hyperion)|Endymion]]'' (1996) # ''[[The Rise of Endymion]]'' (1997) ===Ilium/Olympos cycle=== # ''[[Ilium (book)|Ilium]]'' (2003) - [[Locus Award]] 2004 # ''[[Olympos (book)|Olympos]]'' (2005) {{US-bio-stub}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Simmons, Dan}} [[Category:Science fiction writers]] [[Category:Hugo Award winning writers]] [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Writers from Peoria, Illinois]]