Dan Wells (author)

Dan Wells spent his childhood in Salt Lake City, Utah, and began writing at a young age. While in the second grade, he wrote his first stories based on the Choose Your Own Adventure series. He has cited Where the Wild Things Are as one of his first influences.{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldextra.com/lifestyles/vanishing-point-humanity-gets-terminated---almost--/article_95525b10-64c9-11e1-acd6-001871e3ce6c.html?mode=story|title=Vanishing point: Humanity gets terminated - almost - in Orem author's grim teen sci-fi novel|last=Clark|first=Cody|date=March 4, 2012|website=|publisher=The Daily Herald|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313140707/http://www.heraldextra.com/lifestyles/vanishing-point-humanity-gets-terminated---almost--/article_95525b10-64c9-11e1-acd6-001871e3ce6c.html|archive-date=March 13, 2012|access-date=March 4, 2012}} During his childhood, Wells was also exposed to science fiction and fantasy: namely, titles such as The Hobbit and Star Wars.{{Cite web|url=https://thedanwells.com/index.php/about-dan/|title=About Dan|date=October 15, 2015|website=Dan Wells|language=en-US|access-date=March 5, 2020|archive-date=March 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319195644/https://thedanwells.com/index.php/about-dan/|url-status=dead}} He frequented the library and loved to read.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Dan-Wells/biography.html|title=Dan Wells biography, bibliography and reviews|website=www.fantasybookreview.co.uk|access-date=March 3, 2020}} In addition to sci-fi and fantasy novels, he read classics, including those of French and Russian literature. He also enjoyed writing scripts, songs, and poetry as a child.{{Cite web|url=https://mormonartist.net/interviews/dan-wells/|title=Dan Wells — Mormon Artist|last=Crowder|first=Ben|date=October 12, 2013|website=mormonartist.net|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012162645/http://mormonartist.net/interviews/dan-wells/ |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |access-date=March 3, 2020}}

In high school, Wells wrote a series of comic books, novellas, and a serial. He began to take writing more seriously in college, finishing his first serious novel when he was 22.{{cite web|url=http://hortorian.com/2010/06/questions-and-answers-session-with-dan-wells/ |title=Questions and Answers with Dan Wells - Hortorian.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605190333/http://hortorian.com/2010/06/questions-and-answers-session-with-dan-wells/ |archive-date=June 5, 2010 }} He studied English and anthropology at Brigham Young University. It was there that he met his wife, Dawn. 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". Before becoming a published novelist, he worked as a corporate writer for NuSkin.{{Cite web|title=Brothers by the book|url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=53116930&itype=CMSID|access-date=2020-11-20|website=The Salt Lake Tribune|language=en-US}}

Wells's debut novel, I Am Not a Serial Killer, was published in 2009.{{cite web |title=Title: I Am Not a Serial Killer |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1068381 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}{{Cite news|last1=Kermode|first1=Mark|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/11/i-am-not-a-serial-killer-review-mark-kermode|title=I am not a Serial Killer review – portrait of the sociopath as a young man|date=December 11, 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=March 3, 2020|last2=critic|first2=Observer film|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} It has been printed in English, Spanish, French, German, and Russian.{{Cite web|url=https://byu.worldcat.org/title/i-am-not-a-serial-killer/oclc/428027074/editions?referer=di&se=loc&editionsView=true|title=Formats and Editions of I am not a serial killer [WorldCat.org]|website=byu.worldcat.org|language=en|access-date=March 12, 2020}} Wells did extensive research to make the novel's protagonist, John Cleaver, appear genuine. His fascination with serial killer predictors also inspired him to write the novel. In 2016, it was adapted into a film, starring Max Records and Christopher Lloyd.{{Cite news|last=Gold|first=Daniel M.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/movies/i-am-not-a-serial-killer-review.html|title=Review: 'I Am Not a Serial Killer,' but Somebody Is|date=August 25, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 3, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Wells wrote a sequel, Mr. Monster, which was published by Tor Books in 2010.{{cite web |title=Title: Mr. Monster |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1142875 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}{{Cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/mrmonster/danwells/9780765327901|title=Mr. Monster {{!}} Dan Wells {{!}} Macmillan|website=US Macmillan|language=en-US|access-date=March 3, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 2011, his third installment to the John Cleaver series, I Don't Want to Kill You, was published.{{cite web |title=Title: I Don't Want to Kill You |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1209813 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}{{Cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/idontwanttokillyou/danwells/9780765328441|title=I Don't Want to Kill You {{!}} Dan Wells {{!}} Macmillan|website=US Macmillan|language=en-US|access-date=March 3, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Wells continued John Cleaver's story with a second trilogy,{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/2017/6/15/20614066/book-review-utah-author-dan-wells-brings-sixth-book-in-sociopath-sci-fi-series|title=Book review: Utah author Dan Wells brings sixth book in sociopath sci-fi series|last=Feldschau|first=Rick|date=June 15, 2017|website=Deseret News|language=en|access-date=March 5, 2020}} in which the protagonist changes and develops. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/2016/4/30/20587563/dan-wells-talks-about-right-wrong-in-horror-fiction|title=Dan Wells talks about right, wrong in horror fiction|last=Loftus|first=Hikari|date=April 30, 2016|website=Deseret News|language=en|access-date=March 5, 2020}} Some of Wells's novels feature main characters with mental health issues. In Serial Killer, John Cleaver is diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder,{{Cite web|url=https://dragonmount.com/news/fantasyreview/fantasy-review-i-am-not-a-serial-killer-r921/|title=Fantasy Review: I Am Not a Serial Killer|last=Sedai|first=Mashiara|date=June 8, 2016|website=Dragonmount.com|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804091944/https://dragonmount.com/news/fantasyreview/fantasy-review-i-am-not-a-serial-killer-r921/ |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=March 5, 2020}}{{Better source needed|date=September 2021}} and the protagonist of The Hollow City has schizophrenia.

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Wells expanded into young adult dystopia with Partials Sequence in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Dan-Wells/Partials.html|title=Partials by Dan Wells book review|last=Lawler|first=Ryan|date=|website=www.fantasybookreview.co.uk|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803103853/http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk:80/Dan-Wells/Partials.html |archive-date=August 3, 2015 |access-date=March 5, 2020}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/dan-wells/partials/|title=PARTIALS {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}} The series made an appearance on the New York Times Best Seller list for children's series in 2014.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2014/03/30/series-books/|title=Children's Series Books - Best Sellers - March 30, 2014 - The New York Times|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 3, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} He followed up in 2016 with a Young Adult science fiction novel, Bluescreen, set in Los Angeles in the year 2050.{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062347879/bluescreen/|title=Bluescreen - Dan Wells - Hardcover|website=HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher|language=en-US|access-date=March 10, 2020}} He continued this Mirador series with Ones and Zeroes in 2017{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/dan-wells/ones-and-zeroes/|title=ONES AND ZEROES {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}} and Active Memory in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062347930/active-memory/|title=Active Memory - Dan Wells - Hardcover|website=HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher|language=en-US|access-date=March 10, 2020}} Other releases include middle-grade sci-fi audiobooks Zero G (2018),{{Cite web|url=https://thedanwells.com/index.php/zero-g/|title=Zero G|date=December 10, 2018|website=Dan Wells|language=en-US|access-date=March 5, 2020}} Dragon Planet (2019), and Stargazer (2021).{{Cite web|url=https://thedanwells.com/index.php/events/dragon-planet-zero-g-book-2-release-date/|title=DRAGON PLANET (ZERO G–Book 2) Release Date|last=Calendar|first=The Events|date=November 21, 2019|website=Dan Wells|language=en-US|access-date=March 5, 2020}}

Wells is one of the four authors (including Mary Robinette Kowal, Brandon Sanderson, and Howard Tayler) who regularly host the podcast Writing Excuses. Wells was a writer for the 2017 TV series Extinct and co-wrote his own stage play, "A Night of Blacker Darkness" along with playwright Allison Hill.{{Cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/|title=Dan Wells {{!}} Authors {{!}} Macmillan|website=US Macmillan|language=en-US|access-date=March 3, 2020}}

In 2022, he became the Vice President of Narrative for Brandon Sanderson's company, Dragonsteel Entertainment.{{Citation |title=From Paperboys to Bestselling Authors - Ep. 71 of Intentionally Blank at FanX | date=October 12, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un6nd9yrHnI |language=en |access-date=2022-10-12}}

He is the brother of author Robison Wells. He has six children.{{Cite web|last=Binowski|first=Brittany|date=March 18, 2017|title=36 writing tips from Dan Wells and other NYT bestselling authors|url=https://www.deseret.com/2017/3/18/20608561/36-writing-tips-from-dan-wells-and-other-nyt-bestselling-authors|access-date=March 3, 2020|website=Deseret News|language=en}} He has lived in Utah, Mexico, and Germany.File:Dan wells 9050206.jpg]]

He also has his own YouTube channel{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz2wg5utdzNwmgdAxnJqiFg/|title=Dan Wells|website=YouTube }} on which he reviews tabletop role-playing games. The channel shares his name.

He and author Brandon Sanderson make the podcast Intentionally Blank together where they discuss everything from writing to other fantasy-related topics to their own lives and more.

Wells has described himself as a "card-carrying socialist" and does not like the musical Cats.{{Citation |title=Cats is Marvelous! — Ep. 52 of Intentionally Blank | date=June 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j24_gHeoIHs |language=en |access-date=2022-06-04}}

He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

School Library Journal described his novel Bluescreen as "exciting and innovative".{{Cite web|url=https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=bluescreen-by-dan-wells-slj-review|title=Bluescreen by Dan Wells {{!}} SLJ Review|last=SLJ|website=School Library Journal|access-date=March 10, 2020}} Another School Library Journal review of Ones and Zeroes complimented Wells' complex and diverse characters, plausible dystopian plot, and understandable descriptions of future technology.{{Cite web|last=Leffel|first=Ashley|date=1 February 2017|title=Ones and Zeroes|url=https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=ones-and-zeroes|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-14|website=School Library Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914154147/https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=ones-and-zeroes |archive-date=September 14, 2021 }} Kirkus said that Partials' "rushed ending" signaled there would be a sequel.

In 2011, Wells was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.{{cite web |url=http://renovationsf.org/hugo-intro.php |title=Renovation - Hugo Awards |date=August 8, 2011 |access-date=October 16, 2011 |archive-date=March 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311132551/http://www.renovationsf.org/hugo-intro.php/ |url-status=dead }} His novella, The Butcher of Khardov, received a nomination for the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 2014;{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2014-hugo-awards/|title=2014 Hugo Awards|date=April 20, 2014|access-date=April 29, 2014}} Wells stated that this was the result of his unwittingly having been selected by Larry Correia for the Sad Puppies campaign.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150410202850/http://www.fearfulsymmetry.net/?p=2282 My four cents on the Hugo thing], by Dan Wells, at FearfulSymmetry.net; published April 7, 2015; retrieved April 7, 2022, via archive.org; "(...) my own Sad Puppies nomination last year. I was on the slate, didn't take it seriously, and then when I actually ended up on the finals list for novella (...)

He is a cohost of Writing Excuses, which won the Hugo Award for Best Fancast and three Parsec Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/author/|title=Dan Wells|website=HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher|language=en-US|access-date=March 3, 2020}}

In February 2017, Wells was the Literary Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker at the 35th annual Life, the Universe, & Everything professional science fiction and fantasy arts symposium.{{cite web |title=Life, the Universe, & Everything 35: The Marion K. "Doc" Smith Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy |url=http://ltue.info/progbookpdfs/LTUEProgramBook2017.pdf |publisher=LTUE Press|date=February 1, 2018}}

• 2009 Whitney Award for Best Novel by a New Author {{Endash}} I Am Not a Serial Killer{{Cite web |title=2009 Winners – The Whitney Awards |url=http://whitneyawards.com/2009-winners/ |access-date=2020-11-20 |website=whitneyawards.com}}
• 2010 Whitney Award for Best Novel of the Year {{Endash}} Mr. Monster{{Cite web |title=2010 Winners – The Whitney Awards |url=https://whitneyawards.com/2010-winners/ |access-date=2020-11-20 |website=whitneyawards.com}}
• 2011 Whitney Award for Best Novel of the Year {{Endash}} I Don't Want to Kill You{{Cite web |title=2011 Winners – The Whitney Awards |url=https://whitneyawards.com/2011-winners/ |access-date=2020-11-20 |website=whitneyawards.com}}
• 2015 Whitney Award for Speculative Fiction {{Endash}} The Devil's Only Friend{{Cite web |title=2015 Winners – The Whitney Awards |url=http://whitneyawards.com/2015-winners/ |access-date=2020-11-20 |website=whitneyawards.com}}
• 2016 AML Award for Best Novel {{Endash}} Over Your Dead Body{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= April 23, 2017|title=2016 AML Awards |url=http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2017/04/2016-aml-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604221114/http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2017/04/2016-aml-awards/ |archive-date=June 4, 2017 |access-date=2020-11-13 |website=Dawning of a Brighter Day}}

• First trilogy
• {{cite book |last=Wells |first=Dan |title=I Am Not a Serial Killer |publisher=Tor Books |year=2009 |isbn=9780765322470 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |title=Title: I Am Not a Serial Killer |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1068381 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}
• {{cite book |last=Wells |first=Dan |title=Mr. Monster |publisher=Tor Books |year=2010 |isbn=9780755348824 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |title=Title: Mr. Monster |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1142875 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}
• {{cite book |last=Wells |first=Dan |title=I Don't Want to Kill You |publisher=Tor Books |year=2011 |isbn=9780755348831 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |title=Title: I Don't Want to Kill You |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1209813 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Mandelo |title=A review of I Don't Want to Kill You by Dan Wells |date=March 22, 2011 |url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/03/a-review-of-i-dont-want-to-kill-you-by-dan-wells |access-date=November 21, 2014 |publisher=Tor.com}}
• {{cite book |last=Wells |first=Dan |title=Next of Kin |title-link= |publisher=Fearful Symmetry |year=2014 |isbn=9780692246030 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |title=Title: Next of Kin |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1752002 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}
• Second trilogy
• {{cite book |last=Wells |first=Dan |title=The Devil's Only Friend |publisher=Tor Books |year=2015 |isbn=9783492269957 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |title=Title: The Devil's Only Friend |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1820029 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}
• {{cite book |last=Wells |first=Dan |title=Over Your Dead Body |publisher=Tor Books |year=2016 |isbn=9783492280242 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |title=Title: Over Your Dead Body |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1995859 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}
• {{cite book |last=Wells |first=Dan |title=Nothing Left to Lose |title-link=Nothing Left to Lose (novel) |publisher=Tor Books |year=2017 |isbn=9780765380715 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |title=Title: Nothing Left To Lose |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2234627 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}

• {{cite book |last=Wells |first=Dan |title=Isolation |publisher=Balzer + Bray |year=2012 |isbn=9780062208187 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |title=Title: Isolation |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1752001 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}
• {{cite book |last=Wells |first=Dan |title=Partials |publisher=Balzer + Bray |year=2012 |isbn=9780062071040 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |title=Title: Partials |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1368157 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}{{cite web |author=Dan Wells |title=Dan Wells talks about Partials |url=http://www.fearfulsymmetry.net/?p=1298 |access-date=September 17, 2011}}
• {{cite book |last=Wells |first=Dan |title=Fragments |publisher=Balzer + Bray |year=2013 |isbn=9780062071071 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |title=Title: Fragments |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1539971 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}
• {{cite book |last=Wells |first=Dan |title=Ruins |publisher=Balzer + Bray |year=2014 |isbn=9780062071101 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |title=Title: Ruins |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1695018 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}

• {{cite book |title=Bluescreen |first=Dan |last=Wells |year=2016 |publisher=Balzer + Bray |isbn=9780062347879 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1947852 |title=Title: Bluescreen |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=September 14, 2021 }}
• {{cite book |title=Ones and Zeroes |first=Dan |last=Wells |year=2017 |publisher=Balzer + Bray |isbn=9780062347909 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2110424 |title=Title: Ones and Zeroes |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=September 14, 2021 }}
• {{cite book |title=Active Memory |first=Dan |last=Wells |year=2018 |publisher=Balzer + Bray |isbn=9780062347930 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2300498 |title=Title: Active Memory |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=September 14, 2021 }}

• {{cite book |first=Dan |last=Wells |author-mask=2 |title=Zero G |year=2018 |publisher=Audible Originals}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2467207 |title=Title: Zero G |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=September 14, 2021 }}
• {{cite book |first=Dan |last=Wells |author-mask=2 |title=Dragon Planet |year=2019 |publisher=Audible Originals}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2659565 |title=Title: Dragon Planet |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=September 14, 2021 }}
• {{cite book |first=Dan |last=Wells |author-mask=2 |title=Stargazer |year=2021 |publisher=Audible Originals}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2877948 |title=Title: Stargazer |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=September 14, 2021 }}

• The Apocalypse Guard (with Brandon Sanderson, forthcoming)

• {{cite book |title=A Night of Blacker Darkness |first=Frederick |last=Whithers |year=2011 |publisher=Fearful Symmetry |isbn=9781466000759 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1517274 |title=Title: A Night of Blacker Darkness |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=September 14, 2021 }} Written as "Fred Whithers".
• {{cite book |title=The Hollow City |first=Dan |last=Wells |year=2012 |publisher=Tor Books |isbn=9780765331700 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1468413 |title=Title: The Hollow City |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=September 14, 2021 }}
• {{cite book |title=Extreme Makeover |title-link=Extreme Makeover (novel) |first=Dan |last=Wells |year=2016 |publisher=Tor Books |isbn=9780765385628 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2068923 |title=Title: Extreme Makeover |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=September 14, 2021 }}
• {{cite book |title=Ghost Station |first=Dan |last=Wells |year=2019 |publisher=Audible Originals |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2914565 |title=Title: Ghost Station |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=September 14, 2021 }}

• {{cite book |title=The Butcher of Khardov |year=2013 |publisher=Privateer Press |isbn=9781939480323 |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1720805 |title=Title: The Butcher of Khardov |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=September 14, 2021 }}

• "The Amazing Adventures of George" in Leading Edge #40 (September 2000){{cite magazine |url=http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2000/s77.htm#A3262 |title=Stories, Listed by Author (2000) |magazine=Locus |year=2000 |access-date=February 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626041522/http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2000/s77.htm |archive-date=June 26, 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?411861 |title=Publication: The Leading Edge, September 2000 |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=September 14, 2021 }}
• "Charybdis" in Leading Edge #61 (June 2011){{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2048469 |title=Title: Charybdis |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=September 14, 2021 }}
• "The Mountain of the Lord" in Monsters & Mormons edited by Theric Jepson and Wm. Morris (October 2011, Peculiar Pages, {{isbn|978-0-9827812-4-1}}){{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?371028 |title=Publication: Monsters & Mormons |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=September 14, 2021 }}

• How to Write Good (September 2000), in Leading Edge #40

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• [https://www.teenreads.com/authors/dan-wells/news/interview-030217 Interview with Teenreads], March 2, 2017

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• [http://thedanwells.com/ Dan Wells's author website]
• [http://www.fearfulsymmetry.net/ Dan Wells's blog]
• [http://www.writingexcuses.com/ Writing Excuses Website]
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• [http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/2494 Dan Wells literary manuscripts, MSS 8073] at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University

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