Daniel José Older

• Shadowshaper (The Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1)Daniel José Older

  

  Shadowshaper (The Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1)

  Daniel José Older

  2015

• Dactyl Hill SquadDaniel José Older

  

  Dactyl Hill Squad

  Daniel José Older

  2018

• Shadowhouse FallDaniel José Older

  

  Shadowhouse Fall

  Daniel José Older

  2017

• Ballad & DaggerDaniel José Older

  

  Ballad & Dagger

  Daniel José Older

  2022

• Last Canto of the DeadDaniel José Older

  

  Last Canto of the Dead

  Daniel José Older

  2023

Awards

• ✦World Fantasy Awards 2015 — Best Anthology, Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History (nominee)
• ✦Locus Awards 2023 — Best Young Adult Book, Ballad & Dagger (nominee)
• ✦Locus Awards 2021 — Best Young Adult Book, Shadowshaper Legacy (nominee)
• ✦Locus Awards 2018 — Best Young Adult Book, Shadowhouse Fall (nominee)
• ✦Locus Awards 2016 — Best Young Adult Book, Shadowshaper (nominee)
• ✦Locus Awards 2015 — Best Anthology, Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History (nominee)
• ✦Mythopoeic Awards 2016 — Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, Shadowshaper (nominee)

Biography

Daniel José Older, a lead story architect for Star Wars: The High Republic, is the New York Times best-selling author of the upcoming Young Adult fantasy novel ***Ballad & Dagger*** (book 1 of the *Outlaw Saints* series), the sci-fi adventure Flood City, the monthly comic series The High Republic Adventures. His other books include the historical fantasy series *Dactyl Hill Squad*, *The Book of Lost Saints*, the *Bone Street Rumba* urban fantasy series, *Star Wars: Last Shot*, and the Young Adult series the *Shadowshaper Cypher*, including ***Shadowshaper***, which was named one of the best fantasy books of all time by TIME magazine and one of Esquire’s 80 Books Every Person Should Read. He won the International Latino Book Award and has been nominated for the Kirkus Prize, The World Fantasy Award, the Andre Norton Award, the Locus, and the Mythopoeic Award. He co-wrote the upcoming graphic novel ***Death’s Day***. You can find more info and read about his decade long career as an NYC paramedic at