Dan Willis (author)

Dan Willis is an American author of young adult and other fantasy novels in the Dragonlance series created by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. He lives in Utah.

Dan Willis
Born	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Writer
Genre	Fantasy
Website
www.danwillisauthor.com

Biography

His Dragonlance fantasy novels were his first books published by a major publisher, and his first young adult works as well.^[1] All three of his Dragonlance: The New Adventures books are on the accelerated reading list for a junior high school in Utah.^[2]

Willis lives in Utah with his wife and four children.^[3] In addition to writing, Willis is a web designer and columnist, and a computer programmer.^[4]

Bibliography

Novels

Dragonlance: The New Adventures series
Written for readers age 10 and up.^[5]

• The Dragon Well (vol.3),^[6] ISBN 0-7869-3354-2, September 1, 2004. The Dragon Well was Willis's first young adult novel.^[1]
• Dragon Knight (vol.7), ISBN 0-7869-3735-1, May 3, 2005
• Wizard's Return (Trinistyr Trilogy vol.3), ISBN 0-7869-4025-5, May 9, 2006

The Anvil of Time series

• The Survivors (vol.2), ISBN 0-7869-4723-3, November 4, 2008^[7]

The Shattered West series

• The Flux Engine (vol.1), ISBN 978-1482762792, April 16, 2013

Arcane Casebook series
Dead Letter, a prequel to the series, was released in December 2018.

1. In Plain Sight (December 2018, ISBN 978-1-72914-250-9)
2. Ghost of a Chance (March 2019, ISBN 978-1-79750-165-9)
3. The Long Chain (September 2019, ISBN 978-1-68809-872-5)
4. Mind Games (February 2020, ISBN 979-8610878003)
5. Limelight (May 2020, ISBN 979-8648666023)
6. Blood Relations (October 2020, ISBN 979-8551184676)
7. Capital Murder (April 2021, ISBN 979-8734651919)
8. Hostile Takeover (forthcoming, April 2022)

Short works

• "Lake of Death", pp. 127–152, collected in The Search for Power: Dragons from the War of Souls, edited by Margaret Weis, ISBN 0-7869-3193-0, 2004-05-01

Sources:^[3][8][9]

Critical reception

Dragon Knight, the seventh volume in an eight-volume series, has been described as the best in the series.^[10] Both The Dragon Well and Dragon Knight have a 3.8 out of 5 rating on Goodreads.com.^[11] The Dragon Well was given a 2Q (out of 3Q) by Geri Diorio of the Voice of Youth Advocates, a professional journal for librarians.^[12][13]