His agent saw so much potential in his first self described “big-boy novel” novel that she started pitching it to Hollywood with nothing more than 100 pages and an outline for the rest. Seven books later, he decided it was time to fulfill his teenage dreams of writing science fiction. So, he turned his nonfiction skills toward writing a short, humorous book about robots called How to Survive a Robot Uprising. Wilson said since he kept getting grants, he decided he must be a good writer. Graduate school involvds constantly writing papers and grant proposals.
He graduated from Carnegie Melon University with a doctorate in robotics. When his teen manuscripts were all rejected, he decided the next best thing to being a science fiction writer was to become a scientist. In high school, he loved science fiction so much he wrote and submitted short stories to popular magazines like Asimov’s and Fantasy and Science Fiction. Wilson’s rise as an author reads like a Hollywood script. Steven Spielberg will be directing a movie based on Robopocalypse slated to appear in 2013.ĭaniel H. Wilson’s new book, Robopocalypse, was the centerfold for The New York Times Sunday books supplement two weeks after launching. Wilson to Town and Country as part of the ongoing Maryville Talks Books guest author series. Maryville University and Left Bank Books brought author Daniel H.
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