Dan Simmons is the Hugo Award-winning author of Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion and their sequels, Endymion and The Rise of Endymion. He has written the critically acclaimed suspense novels Darwin’s Blade and The Crook Factory, as well as other highly respected works including Summer of Night, its sequel, A Winter Haunting, and Song of Kali, Carrion Comfort, Ilium and Olympos. He lives in Colorado. His website is www.dansimmons.com