He followed up in 2016 with a Young Adult science fiction novel, Bluescreen, set in Los Angeles in the year 2050. The series made an appearance on the New York Times Best Seller list for children's series in 2014. Wells expanded into young adult dystopia with Partials Sequence in 2012. In Serial Killer, John Cleaver is diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder, and the protagonist of The Hollow City has schizophrenia.
Some of Wells's novels feature main characters with mental health issues. In 2016, Wells told Deseret News that the fifth book in the series, Over Your Dead Body, was one of the most challenging to write. Wells continued John Cleaver's story with a second trilogy, in which the protagonist changes and develops. In 2011, his third installment to the John Cleaver series, I Don't Want to Kill You, was published. Monster, which was published by Tor Books in 2010. In 2016, it was adapted into a film, starring Max Records and Christopher Lloyd. His fascination with serial killer predictors also inspired him to write the novel. Wells did extensive research to make the novel's protagonist, John Cleaver, appear genuine. It has been printed in English, Spanish, French, German, and Russian. Wells's debut novel, I Am Not a Serial Killer, was published in 2009.
Before becoming a published novelist, he worked as a corporate writer for NuSkin. As a student, Wells also worked on BYU's speculative fiction magazine, Leading Edge, and began writing game reviews he has since described himself as a "rabid gamer". He studied English and anthropology at Brigham Young University (BYU). He began to take writing more seriously in college, finishing his first serious novel when he was 22. In high school, Wells wrote a series of comic books, novellas, and a serial.
He also enjoyed writing scripts, songs, and poetry as a child. In addition to sci-fi and fantasy novels, he read classics, including those of French and Russian literature. He frequented the library and loved to read. During his childhood, Wells was also exposed to science fiction and fantasy: namely, titles such as The Hobbit and Star Wars. He has cited Where the Wild Things Are as one of his first influences. While in the second grade, he wrote his first stories based on the Choose Your Own Adventure series. Wells's first published novel, I Am Not a Serial Killer, was adapted into a movie in 2016.ĭan Wells spent his childhood in Salt Lake City, Utah, and began writing at a young age. Daniel Andrew Wells (born March 4, 1977) is an American horror and science fiction author.
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