Daniel José Older, a lead story architect for
Star Wars: The High Republic, is the
New York Times best-selling author of the upcoming Young Adult fantasy novel
Ballad & Dagger (book 1 of the Outlaw Saints series), the sci-fi adventure
Flood City, the monthly
comic series The High Republic Adventures. His other books include the historical fantasy series Dactyl Hill Squad,
The Book of Lost Saints, the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series,
Star Wars: Last Shot, and the Young Adult series the Shadowshaper Cypher, including
Shadowshaper, which was named one of the best fantasy books of all time by
TIME magazine and one of Esquire’s 80 Books Every Person Should Read. He won the International Latino Book Award and has been nominated for the
Kirkus Prize, The World Fantasy Award, the Andre Norton Award, the Locus, and the Mythopoeic Award. He co-wrote the upcoming graphic novel
Death’s Day. You can find more info and read about his decade long career as an NYC paramedic at
http://danieljoseolder.net/
