Dan'l Danehy-Oakes is an American writer of science fiction

Science fiction

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 and fantasy

Fantasy

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Born in New York City in 1958, his talent for writing showed up at an early age. In high school in Los Altos, California, Danehy-Oakes was a major contributor to a student-published science fiction magazine. His published work includes "Outside the Walls" (which appeared in the June, 1995 issue of Realms of Fantasy magazine); "Shaara and the Sarlacc, the Skiff Guard's Tale" (from the 1996 Tales from Jabba's Palace

Tales From Jabba's Palace

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anthology); "The Wallet and Maudie," co-written with Alan Wexelblat (a first-prize winner in the Writers of the Future

Writers of the Future

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 competition); and "The Deconstructed Barbarian," which was the first piece of original fiction to be published in the New York Review of Science Fiction.

He was also accidentally responsible for the creation of the Legion of Net.Heroes fictional universe.

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