- His 2007 novel The Terror was dedicated to the cast and crew of The Thing from Another World (1951).
- Dan Simmons adapted his own short-story "Metastasis" (originally published 1988 in the magazine Night Visions 5, later reprinted in the anthlogy "Prayers to Broken Stones") for the teleplay "The Offering" for the television series "Monsters" (also printed in that anthology).
- Graduated at the Wabash College in 1970 with a degree in English, worked as a teacher before writing full-time.
- Has a daughter, Jane.
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