Dan Simmons

Dan Simmons (born in 1948) is an author most widely known for his Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel Hyperion and its sequel The Fall of Hyperion. The other novels in this series, the "Hyperion Cantos," are Endymion and The Rise of Endymion. He spans genres such as science fiction, horror and fantasy, sometimes within the same novel.

His works include:

• Song of Kali (1985) - World Fantasy Award 1986
• Carrion Comfort (1989)
• Hyperion (1989) - Hugo Award 1990, Locus Award 1990 (Science Fiction)
• Phases of Gravity (1989)
• The Fall of Hyperion (1990)
• Entropy's Bed at Midnight (1990)
• Summer of Night (1991)
• Children of the Night (1992) - Locus Award 1993 (Horror)
• The Hollow Man (1992)
• Fires of Eden (1994)
• Endymion (1996)
• The Rise of Endymion (1997)
• The Crook Factory (1999)
• Darwin's Blade (2000)
• Hardcase (2002)
• A Winter's Haunting (2002)
• Ilium (2003)
• Hard as Nails (2003)
• Olympos (2004)