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'''Dan Wells''' is a novelist and collaborator of [[Brandon Sanderson]]. A long-time friend and former roommate of Brandon's, he is collaborating with Brandon on multiple projects, including ''[[The Apocalypse Guard]]'' and some parts of the [[Dark One (franchise)|''Dark One'' franchise]].{{wob ref|14683}}{{wob ref|14985}} They are also both hosts on the ''[[Writing Excuses]]'' podcast and have their own separate podcast, currently titled ''Intentionally Blank''.{{wob ref|10024}}{{bws ref|https://www.brandonsanderson.com/new-project-announcement-ww4-and-kickstarter-update/|New Project Announcement + W&W4 and Kickstarter Update|date=2021-06-07}}
== Works ==
Dan's first published novel was ''[[wikipedia: I Am Not a Serial Killer|I Am Not a Serial Killer]]'', published in 2009. Since then, he has written several sequels to that book, the ''Partials'' sequence, the ''Mirador'' series, the ''Zero-G'' series of audio originals, and several other stand-alone books.{{wp ref|Dan Wells (author)|Dan Wells}}
== Collaboration ==
Dan has been a part of Brandon's writing group since it was created,{{wob ref|9723}} and in that role has presumably provided significant feedback to Brandon on his books. The soldier [[Wellen]] in [[Mistborn Era 1|''Mistborn'' Era 1]] and one of his descendants, the member of the [[Set]] [[Wellid]] in [[Mistborn Era 2|''Mistborn'' Era 2]], are cameos for Dan;{{wob ref|5404}}{{wob ref|7803}}{{wob ref|16110}} the constable [[Wells]] in ''Mistborn'' Era 2 may be as well.
After Brandon wrote the first draft of ''The Apocalypse Guard'' in late 2017, he felt that the book wasn't working right and decided it put it aside and write the [[Skyward (series)|''Skyward'' series]] for the published that was promised ''The Apocalypse Guard'' instead. He then reached out to Dan, who he considered "the best writer" he knew to see if Dan could help him fix it.{{wob ref|8581}} As a result of their collaboration, the book got "weirder" and by late 2019, they considered it to be "pretty good," but it still had some issues and they decided to shelve it for the time being.{{wob ref|14282}}{{wob ref|13257}} In April 2021, Brandon indicated he might work on getting the book into shape between when he finishes the fifth book of [[The Stormlight Archive]] and when [[Mistborn Era 3|''Mistborn'' Era 3]] is ready to be released.{{wob ref|14683}}
Brandon has also indicated that he would likely work with Dan on ''[[Dark One: Prophetic Histories]]'', the audio novelization of Brandon's original ''Dark One'' outline.{{wob ref|13968}}{{wob ref|14683}}{{ref|name=DarkOneNovellas}} In August 2021, Dan commented that he was collaborating with Brandon on ''[[Dark One: Forgotten]]'', a [[wikipedia: Serial (podcast)|''Serial'']]-style podcast about a journalist tracking a serial killer, and had finished work on the project.{{wob ref|14985}}{{ref|name=DarkOneNovellas}}
In September 2022, Brandon and Dan revealed that Dan was going to be joining [[Dragonsteel Entertainment]] as Vice President of Narrative.{{wob ref|15810}}
== External Links ==
* [[wikipedia: Dan Wells (author)|Dan's Wikipedia page]]
* [https://thedanwells.com Dan's website]
== Notes ==
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{{reddit ref|name=DarkOneNovellas|brandonsanderson|hdot60|fvou8lu|date=2020-06-22|text=The Original (audio book) release date, and an unexpected new story!!!}}
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