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Dan Poblocki
is an American author of mystery, horror, and adventure novels for young people. He is the co-author with Neil Patrick Harris of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Magic Misfits (writing under the pen-name Alec Azam). He's also the author of Tales to Keep You Up at Night, More Tales to Keep You Up at Night, the Shadow House series and many more. His books, The Ghost of Graylock and The Haunting of Gabriel Ashe, were Junior Library Guild selections and made the American Library Association’s Best Fiction for Young Adults list. His work has been translated into French, Spanish, Greek, Russian, German, Polish, Italian, Czech, and Farsi.
Dan was born in Providence, Rhode Island. During his pre-teen years, his family moved to Basking Ridge, New Jersey, where he often looked for adventure with his best friends. Later, he graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in theater. Dan now writes in Saugerties, NY where he lives with two scaredy cats in a creaky old house. He's probably working on something new this very minute . . .
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