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.]] Dan Simmons (born '' ( 1985 ), winner of World Fantasy Award . He is also a respected author of mysteries and thrillers. BIOGRAPHY Simmons received a B.A. in English from Wabash College in 1970, and, in 1971, a Masters in Education from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri . He subsequently worked in elementary education until 1989. He soon started to write short stories, although his career did not take off until 1982 , when, through Harlan Ellison 's help, his short story "The River Styx Runs Upstream" was published. His first novel, ''Song of Kali'', was released in 1985 . Simmons became famous in '' derives its title and many of its themes from a Gerard Manley Hopkins ' poem; '' The Hollow Man '' ( 1992 ) is influenced by T.S. Eliot and Dante 's '' Inferno ''; a short story from 1993 , "The Great Lover", is inspired to the World War I War Poets . In '' The Fall Of Hyperion '', John Keats appears as one of the main characters. Finally, his ''Ilium'' cycle is clearly inspired by Homer 's works. '' Summer Of Night '' (1991) recounts the childhood of a group of pre-teens who band together in the 1960s to defeat a centuries-old evil that terrorizes their hometown, Elm Haven, Illinois . This novel is similar to Stephen King 's '' It '', in its focus on small town life, the corruption of innocence, the return of an ancient evil, and the responsibility for others that emerges with the transition from youth to adulthood. Soon after this novel, Simmons, who had written mostly horror fiction, began writing science fiction. In January 2004, it was announced that the screenplay he wrote for his novels ''Ilium'' and ''Olympos'' would be made into a film by Digital Domain and Barnet Bain Films, with Simmons acting as executive producer. ''Ilium'' is described as an "epic tale that spans 5,000 years and sweeps across the entire solar system, including themes and characters from Homer's ''The Iliad'' and Shakespeare's ''The Tempest'' ." In July 2004, ''Ilium'' received a Locus Award for best science fiction novel of 2003 . WORKS Hyperion Cantos
Ilium Joe Kurtz Other books
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