James Dashner

One of six children, James Dashner was born and raised in a small town in Georgia. As a child, Dashner was an avid reader of sci-fi and fantasy novels and wrote some of his first stories on his parents’ old typewriter. After studying accounting at Brigham Young University, Dashner worked briefly in finance before devoting his time to writing fiction. He achieved moderate success with his novels in The Jimmy Fincher Saga and The 13th Reality series, and Dasher then began work on The Maze Runner. His most popular book, The Maze Runner stayed on the New York Times Best Sellers list for weeks. As of 2015, he lives in the Rocky Mountains with his family.