James Dashner

James Dashner

James Smith Dashner (born November 26, 1972 in Georgia, U.S.A), is an American author of many children's fantasy series and adult books, including The 13th Reality series and the Jimmy Fincher Saga. His novel The Journal of Curious Letters was chosen for a 2008 Borders Original Voices pick. He has been published by Cedar Fort, Inc and by Shadow Mountain Press, known for their popular children's novels series Leven Thumps and Fablehaven. However, Delacorte—a division of Random House—is publishing his new series, The Maze Runner, the first of which was out Fall 2009. The Maze Runner is followed by the New York Times best selling sequel, The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure. Dashner announced that he would be releasing a prequel to The Maze Runner Trilogy entitled The Kill Order and it was released on August 14th 2012.

James Dashner was born in Georgia and attended Brigham Young University. Dashner currently lives in South Jordan City, Utah and is married with four children.