Biography
Daniel Braum’s fiction has been classified as fantasy, science fiction, and horror but he prefers the good old fashioned term of just “fiction”, which when he was growing up simply meant a story were anything could happen. His stories frequently defy catagory and reside in the fuzzy areas between genres, utilizing and combining genre elements to produce tales that are wholly unique.
Much of his fiction is set in the here and now and explores places on the edges of civilization. Another line of stories are science fiction tales with speculative elements that border on the fantastic or magical. Setting always plays a prominant role in his work.
In 2008 he was a reader at Datlow and Grant’s Fantastic Fiction reading series in New York’s KGB bar and a guest on Jim Fruend’s long running Hour of the Wolf radio show. His stories received honorable mentions in the Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror #19 and #20.
2009 finds him finishing the final revisions on his first novel, a supernatural thriller set in Belize, which will soon be sent to publishers for consideration.
He lives in Long Island, New York and often wishes he was at Brisbane’s Punjabi Palace eating chicken tikka masala after a thursday night reading at Avid Reader.
