James Dashner

James Dashner at Comic-Con 2014

James Smith Dashner (born November 26, 1972 in Austell , Georgia ) is an American writer of many fantasy series and novels, including the 13th Reality series and the Jimmy Fincher saga . Dashner also wrote the first and last book in the Infinity Ring series. Dashner's novel The Journal of Curious Letters was chosen as Original Voice in 2008 by the international book retailer Borders Group .

Life

James Dashner was born on November 26, 1972 in Austell, Georgia and has five siblings. He attended Brigham Young University in Utah , where he received his Masters in Accounting. He worked in the financial industry for a while but then decided to try his hand at writing as he had been an active reader since childhood. Dashner is married to Lynette Anderson and they live in the Rocky Mountains with their four children .

Dashner's books like The Thirteenth Reality and the series The Chosen are written for young people. The Chosen - In the Labyrinth was filmed and was released under the title Maze Runner - The Chosen in the Labyrinth on September 19, 2014 in the USA. He usually writes adventure and science fiction novels. The elect - In the maze spent a year on the New York Times - bestseller list . Dashner also won various prizes:

• New York State Charlotte Award
• Kentucky Bluegrass Award
• Oregon Reader's Choice Award
• New Hampshire Isinglass Teen Read Award
• Missouri Truman Reader's Award
• Illinois Abraham Lincoln Award
• Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award
• Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award
• Georgia Peach Book Award
• New Jersey Garden State Book Award

bibliography

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

The Jimmy Fincher Saga

• 1 A Door in the Woods (2003)
• 2 A Gift of Ice (2004)
• 3 The Tower of Air (2004)
• 4 War of the Black Curtain (2005)
• The Jimmy Fincher Saga (collective edition from 1–4; 2017)

The 13th Reality

• 1 The Journal of Curious Letters (2008)
• 2 The Hunt for Dark Infinity (2009)
• 3 The Blade of Shattered Hope (2010)
• 4 The Void of Mist and Thunder (2012, in: James Dashner: The 13th Reality: The Complete Set )
• The 13th Reality: The Complete Set (collective issue from 1–4; 2012)

Maze Runner / The Chosen

• 1 The Maze Runner (2009)
  • English: The Chosen - In the Labyrinth . Translated by Anke Caroline Burger. Carlsen (Carlsen Chicken House # 52019), Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-551-52019-7 . Also as: Maze Runner, the chosen ones in the labyrinth: The book for the movie. Translated by Anke Caroline Burger. Carlsen # 1348, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-551-31348-5 .
• 2 The Scorch Trials (2010)
  • English: The Chosen - In der Brandwüsten . Translated by Anke Caroline Burger. Carlsen (Carlsen Chicken House # 52035), Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-551-52035-7 .
• 3 The Death Cure (2011)
  • German: The Chosen - In the death zone. Translated by Anke Caroline Burger. Carlsen (Carlsen Chicken House # 52036), Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-551-52036-4 . Also as: Maze Runner, the chosen ones in the death zone. Translated by Anke Caroline Burger and Katharina Hinderer. Carlsen # 1545, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-551-31545-8 .
• 4 The Kill Order (2012)
  • German: Kill Order. Translated by Anke Caroline Burger and Katharina Hinderer. Carlsen (Carlsen Chicken House # 52076), Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-551-52076-0 . Also as: The Chosen - Kill Order: The prequel to the Maze Runner trilogy. Translated by Anke Caroline Burger and Katharina Hinderer. Carlsen, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-646-92756-6 (e-book).
• 5 The Fever Code (2016, in: James Dashner: The Maze Runner Series )
  • German: Phase Zero: The Chosen. Translated by Ilse Rothfuss. Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-551-52077-7 .
• Crank Palace (2020, audio book)

Collective issues:

• The Maze Runner (Collective Edition of 1 and 2; 2010)
• The Maze Runner Files (2013)
• The Maze Runner Trilogy (collective edition of 1–3 in cassette; 2013)
• The Maze Runner Series (Collective Edition from 1–4; 2014)

German compilations:

• The chosen ones in the maze. Translated by Anke Caroline Burger. Carlsen, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-551-31649-3 .
• Maze Runner - The Secret Files: All About The Chosen. Translated by Anke Caroline Burger. Carlsen, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-646-92649-1 (e-book).

The Mortality Doctrine / The Game Master

• 1 The Eye of Minds (2013)
  • German: Deadly network. Translated by Karlheinz Dürr. cbt, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-570-30961-2 .
• 2 The Rule of Thoughts (2014)
  • German: Against the rules of the game. Translated by Karlheinz Dürr. cbt, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-570-31022-9 .
• 3 The Game of Lives (2015)
  • German: The game is over. Translated by Karlheinz Dürr. cbt, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-570-30963-6 .
• Gunner Scale (2014)

Infinity ring

• 1 A Mutiny in Time (2012)
• 7 The Iron Empire (2014)

literature

• John Clute : Dashner, James. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition).

Web links

• Literature by and about James Dashner in the catalog of the German National Library
• James Dashner in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• James Dashner in Fantastic Fiction (English)
• James Dashner in the bibliography of German science fiction ( books , stories )
• James Dashner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Literature by and about James Dashner in the WorldCat bibliographic database
• Works by and about James Dashner at Open Library
• James Dashner , official website
• James Dashner on LibraryThing (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ James Dashner: Great News from Borders Bookstores . In: jamesdashner.com . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
2. ↑ ^{a b} About James. (No longer available online.) In: Jamesdashner.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015 ; accessed on March 22, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ James Dashner - Crank Palace , accessed August 28, 2020. Published 2020 by Tantor Audio, Old Saybrook, ISBN 978-1-7052-3876-9 .