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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 (Partials, Isolation, Fragments, and Ruins), the John Cleaver series (I Am Not a Serial Killer, Mr. Monster, and I Don't Want To Kill You), and a few others (The Hollow City, A Night of Blacker Darkness, 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. ...more

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I’m getting older, and more to the point my kids are getting older. I have six kids, and the youngest is 2, which is great, but the oldest is 16 and a high school junior and she is already driving and working and applying for college. As you may already know if you read my kind-of-a-review of THE LAST JEDI, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my kids growing up, and about my dual role as the guy

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	Partials (Partials Sequence, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 59,324 ratings — published 2012 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 40,044 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fragments (Partials Sequence, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 27,059 ratings — published 2013 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ruins (Partials Sequence, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 17,245 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Monster (John Cleaver, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 14,647 ratings — published 2010 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Don't Want to Kill You (John Cleaver, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 11,862 ratings — published 2011 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil's Only Friend (John Cleaver, #4) 4.11 avg rating — 5,400 ratings — published 2015 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zero G (The Zero Chronicles, #1) by Dan Wells (Goodreads Author), Emily Woo Zeller (Goodreads Author) (Narrator), Margaret Ying Drake (Narrator) 3.92 avg rating — 4,380 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Over Your Dead Body (John Cleaver, #5) 4.09 avg rating — 3,995 ratings — published 2016 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Isolation (Partials Sequence, #0.5) 3.92 avg rating — 4,017 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Happiness is the most natural thing in the world when you have it, and the slowest, strangest, most impossible thing when you don't. It's like learning a foreign language: You can think about the words all you want, but you'll never be able to speak it until you suck up your courage and say them out loud.”
― Dan Wells, Partials

tags: happiness

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“I've been clinically diagnosed with sociopathy,' I said. 'Do you know what that means?'
'It means you're a freak,' he said.
'It means that you're about as important to me as a cardboard box,' I said. 'You're just a thing - a piece of garbage that no one's thrown away yet. Is that what you want me to say?'
'Shut up,' said Rob. He was still acting tough, but I could see his bluster was starting to fail. He didn't know what to say.
'The thing about boxes,' I said, 'is that you can open them up. Even though they're completely boring on the outside, there might be something interesting inside. So while you're saying all of these stupid, boring things I'm imagining what it would be like to cut you open and see what you've got in there.”
― Dan Wells, I Am Not a Serial Killer

tags: box, humor, john-cleaver, rob

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“I am stronger than my trials.”
― Dan Wells, Partials

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Emily Eternal by M.G. Wheaton, 256p

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The Dervish House by Ian McDonald, 358p

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The Stars Now Unclaimed by Drew Williams, 447p

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Void Star by Zachary Mason, 385p

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Extreme Makeover by Dan Wells, 416p

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The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling, 352p

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Wanderers by Chuck Wendig, 800p

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The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi, 337p

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Return From the Stars by Stanisław Lem, 256p

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message 8: by dia -- have courage and be kind

Sep 29, 2014 07:51PM

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trust me this will put a smile on your face, make your day, or help you

Every night , someone thinks about you before they go to sleep,

At least fifteen people in this world love you.

The only reason someone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you

There are at least two people in this world that would die for you

You mean the world to someone.

Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.

When you make the biggest mistake ever,
something good comes from it.

When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look.

Always remember the compliments you've received.

Forget the rude remarks.

So if you are a loving friend, send this to everyone on your list including the person that sent
it to you.
Tonight, at midnight your true love will realize they like you.

Something good will happen to you between 12 in the morning and four o'clock pm
tomorrow, it could be anywhere . Get ready for the biggest shock of your life

If you break this chain YOU will be cursed with relationship problems for the next ten years.
Send this to fifteen people in fifteen minutes !!

Make Someone else's day! Help get a smile on someone's face! Help someone out! remember
that your loved

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
=Fight for you
=Respect you
=Involve you
=Encourage you
=Need you
=Deserve you
=Save you
Send this to all your friends & me if I'm one......If you get 4 back u r liked but if u get 7 back
then u r seriously loved

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message 7: by Sandy

Mar 14, 2014 01:18PM

You're going to be at my local bookstore (Books for Less) on Monday. I hope you have a great experience meeting fans in Georgia. Thanks for coming and supporting small book stores.

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message 6: by Dustin

Sep 18, 2013 10:30AM

Hi, good day. Dan!

I hope all's well with you and yours.:)

Thank you so much for accepting my friendship, I really appreciate it!

Have a wonderful day, enjoy the rest of your week!

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message 5: by Sue

Jul 16, 2012 03:11PM

Thanks for accepting! I absolutely LOVED Partials, and I can't wait for Isolation (0.5) and Fragments! The covers are beautiful!
The little "Super Girl" in your profile picture is so adorable!
:-D

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message 4: by Kate

Jun 24, 2012 07:34PM

thanks for accepting!

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message 3: by Cutter100 (last edited May 07, 2012 01:01PM)

May 07, 2012 12:58PM

Thanks for adding me as a friend. I love Writing Excuses, by the way. It's been very helpful and fun to listen to.

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message 2: by Nelson

Mar 29, 2011 01:59PM

Can't wait to get my copy of I Don't Want To Kill You in. I just love the series.

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message 1: by Dan

Nov 04, 2010 06:01AM

Butterfly Joi wrote: "Hey Dan, wanted to say hello and tell you how much I enjoy your Writing excuses podcast. It is so much fu but also very helpful and makes me see writing devices in a different way. I wanted to subs..."

We don't have any RSS functions on my website yet, but we will eventually. And yes, please feel free to use any ideas we come up with on the podcast. Good luck with your writing!

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