James Dashner

James Dashner was born and raised in Georgia, but now lives in the Rocky Mountains with his family. He has four kids, which some might think is too many, but he thinks is just right. Once upon a time, James studied accounting and worked in the field of finance, but he has been writing full time for several years.

From an early age, James wanted to be a writer. He read every book he could get his hands on, from Superfudge to The Chronicles of Narnia, to The Hardy Boys to Lord of the Rings. And telling stories just seemed like the right thing to do. His parents had an old typewriter and James wrote a few stories on that just for fun. All the many books he's read and all the movies and TV shows he's watched have served to inspire many of his stories. For example, The Maze Runner was heavily influenced by Ender's Game and Lord of the Flies.

James is the author of The New York Times best-selling Maze Runner series, the Mortality Doctrine series, the Thirteenth Reality series, and Infinity Ring, Book 1: A Mutiny in Time and Book 7: The Iron Empire.

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