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Dan Simmons is a renowned American science fiction, horror, mystery, and thriller writer. He was born on the 4th of April 1948 in Peoria, Illinois. 1).
Joe Kurtz is a character in three mystery/thriller novels written by Dan Simmons. Those are Hardcase, Hard Freeze, and Hard as Nails. 2).
The Hyperion Cantos is a series of four award-winning books and short stories written by Dan Simmons. Those science fiction novels include Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, and the Rise of Endymion. 3).
The Terror is a novel written by Dan Simmons and published in 2007. It is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to the Arctic, in 1845–1848. However, most of the characters featured in The Terror are actual members of Franklin's crew. 4).
The book is a fictionalized account of the last five years of Charles Dickens' life told from the viewpoint of Dickens' friend and fellow author, Wilkie Collins. The title comes from Dickens' unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. 5).