Daniel DeBono is an American writer and novelist. He grew up in Chesterfield, Michigan. He graduated from L'anse Creuse High School North and attended Wayne State University

Wayne State University

Wayne State University is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, United States, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center Historic District. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 400 major subject areas to over 32,000 graduate and...

 from 1982 to 1985.

Career

From 1992 to 1995, DeBono wrote more than 200 travel features for The Citrus County Chronicle. He also wrote travel features for Scuba News.

DeBono uses Gareth Blackmore as his nom de plume for some of his science fiction, horror, fantasy and comic writing. The name was first used in 1992 for the magazine Gareth Blackmore's Unusual Tales. Following that, Gareth Blackmore's stories were illustrated in Factual Illusions - a comic published by Alliance Comics and illustrated by comic artists Kyle Hotz and Armando Gil. DeBono also wrote sci-fi, horror and fantasy stories for other publications, including Vision, Midnight Zoo, and Enchanted Worlds.

DeBono created & published Indy - The Independent Comic Guide from 1993 to 1996. Alternative Comics

Alternative Comics

Alternative Comics may refer to:* Alternative Comics , a U.S. comic book publisher* alternative comics, a label for a range of comics, when written with extraneous caps...

 publisher (and attorney) Jeff Mason took the publication over and "went digital" with http://www.indyworld.com, which is still published online. Indy ran for 18 issues with notable original covers by Daniel Clowes

Daniel Clowes

Daniel Gillespie Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books....

, Tim Vigil

Tim Vigil

Timothy B. Vigil is a comic book artist, mostly working in the horror/adult genre. His main graphic novel Faust was adapted by Brian Yuzna as the 2001 movie Faust: Love of the Damned. The followup Faust: Book of M, was nominated for the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative...

, Drew Hayes

Drew Hayes

Drew Hayes was a writer and graphic artist who is best known as the creator of the long-running independent comic book series Poison Elves ....

, William Tucci

William Tucci

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 and Jeff Smith (cartoonist)

Jeff Smith (cartoonist)

Jeff Smith is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the self-published comic book series Bone. His current series, RASL, focuses on an art thief who hops through dimensional barriers, hiding out on various parallel worlds.-Early life and education:Jeff Smith was born in McKees...

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From 1996 to 2001, DeBono wrote over 1000 investment-education features for a variety of banks and investment firms, including Chase, Charles Schwab

Charles Schwab

Charles Schwab may refer to:*Charles M. Schwab , American steel magnate*Charles R. Schwab , founder of the eponymous brokerage*Charles Schwab Corp., an American based brokerage firm...

, Travelers, Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch

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, Farmers, and USAA. His investment-education writing has appeared in over 100 million copies worldwide.

DeBono wrote a novel entitled The One Who Would Be King under the Blackmore name (ISBN 0-9728902-1-1) in 2003.

DeBono created the Yahoo Group Worlds Of Fantasy, in 2003, which has thousands of members. The group published a collection of short stories into a trade paperback called Worlds Of Fantasy. The published authors were chosen by the group and the ratings on www.fantasyreaders.com.

DeBono created the Website FantasyReaders in 2002. Authors can promote their science fiction, fantasy and horror stories. Short stories and novel excerpts are posted on the site and readers can read and rate.

DeBono has a novel coming out in late 2011 with Double Dragon Publishing

Double Dragon Publishing

Double Dragon Publishing is a Canadian-based publisher specializing in e-book format publication. Founded by Deron Douglas in 2000, the company claims the largest collection of titles in the Science Fiction and Fantasy categories currently in print, with annual sales of over 45,000...

entitled, A Book Of The Lands: The Goblin Invasion and three short stories will appear in Zharmae Publishing Press' Ends Of Man Anthology in 2011.