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Dan Simmons born April 4, is an American science fiction and horror writer. Born in Peoria, Illinois , Simmons started writing stories as a child with the goal of mesmerizing his audience with his story telling. He soon started writing short stories, although his career did not take off until , when, through Harlan Ellison 's help, Simmons was invited to the Milford workshop, which Ellison considered to be "the best SF writing workshop in the world".

Simmons's first novel, Song of Kali , was released in He worked in elementary education until He lives in Longmont, Colorado as of [update].

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Summer of Night recounts the childhood of a group of pre-teens who band together in the s, to defeat a centuries-old evil that terrorizes their hometown of Elm Haven, Illinois. The novel, which was praised by Stephen King in a cover blurb, is similar to 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.

In the sequel to Summer of Night , A Winter Haunting , Dale Stewart one of the first book's protagonists and now an adult , revisits his boyhood home to come to grips with mysteries that have disrupted his adult life. Between the publication of Summer of Night and A Winter Haunting , several additional characters from Summer of Night appeared in: Children of the Night , a loose sequel to Summer of Night , which features Mike O'Rourke, now much older and a Roman Catholic priest, who is sent on a mission to investigate bizarre events in a European city; Fires of Eden , in which the adult Cordie Cooke appears; and Darwin's Blade , a thriller in which Dale's younger brother, Lawrence Stewart, appears as a minor character.

After Summer of Night , Simmons focused on writing science fiction until the work of historical fiction and horror, The Terror.