Dan Willis is an author

Author

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 of young adult

Young adult literature

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 and other fantasy

Fantasy

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 novels in the Dragonlance

Dragonlance

Dragonlance is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of popular fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived Dragonlance while driving in their car on the way to TSR for a job application...

series created by Margaret Weis

Margaret Weis

Margaret Edith Weis is a fantasy novelist who, along with Tracy Hickman, is one of the original creators of the Dragonlance game world and has written numerous novels and short stories set in fantastic worlds.-Early life:Margaret Weis was born in 1948 in Independence, Missouri, and later attended...

 and Tracy Hickman

Tracy Hickman

Tracy Raye Hickman is a best-selling fantasy author, best known for his work on Dragonlance as a game designer and co-author with Margaret Weis, while he worked for TSR...

. He lives in Utah

Utah

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Biography

His Dragonlance fantasy novels were his first books published by a major publisher, and his first young adult works as well. All three of his Dragonlance: The New Adventures books are on the accelerated reading list for a junior high school in Utah.

Willis lives in Utah with his wife and four children. In addition to writing, Willis is a web designer and columnist, and a computer programmer.

Novels

Dragonlance: The New Adventures

Dragonlance: The New Adventures

Dragonlance: The New Adventures is a series of young adult novels based on the long-running adult fantasy book series, Dragonlance. The series is published by Mirrorstone Books, the young reader imprint of Wizards of the Coast...

series, written for readers age 10 and up.

• The Dragon Well (vol.3), ISBN 0-7869-3354-2, September 1, 2004. The Dragon Well was Willis's first young adult novel.
• Dragon Knight (vol.7), ISBN 0-7869-3735-1, May 3, 2005
• Wizard's Return (Trinistyr Trilogy vol.3), ISBN 0-7869-4025-5, May 9, 2006

The Anvil of Time series

• The Survivors (vol.2), ISBN 0-7869-4723-3, November 4, 2008

Short works

• "Lake of Death", pp. 127–152, collected in The Search for Power: Dragons from the War of Souls, edited by Margaret Weis
  Margaret Weis
  Margaret Edith Weis is a fantasy novelist who, along with Tracy Hickman, is one of the original creators of the Dragonlance game world and has written numerous novels and short stories set in fantastic worlds.-Early life:Margaret Weis was born in 1948 in Independence, Missouri, and later attended...
  
  , ISBN 0786931930, 2004-05-01

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Critical reception

Dragon Knight, the seventh volume in an eight volume series, has been described as the best in the series. Both The Dragon Well and Dragon Knight have a 3.8 out of 5 rating on Goodreads.com. The Dragon Well was given a 2Q (out of 3Q) by Geri Diorio of the Voice of Youth Advocates, a professional journal for librarians. Dan Willis' third book, Wizard's Return was the third book in the Trinistir Tirllogy and continued the stories of the characters from his previous books.

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