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About daniel alan anderson
Daniel Anderson was born in 1988. His early childhood was spent among close relatives in Alberta, Canada, before he and his parents, Bryan and Blair, moved to Florida. In Florida, Daniel attended a private Christian school. Living in the town of Boca Raton, Daniel was heavily influenced by the teachings of modern Christianity and the culture of the Christian church. His father worked for many years as a musician in the Church. It was these experiences that laid the bedrock of his writing for Children of Falin. During his years in junior high school, Daniel began writing a story called The Chronicles of Riprock, which would later spawn a small, offshoot plot. This offshoot project grew to be Children of Falin. The Chronicles of Riprock is a work in progress and Daniel still plans to finish it. When Daniel was a teenager, the Andersons moved to suburban Maryland. It was here that Daniel seriously began to question Christianity as a cultural religion. He studied philosophy, abstract painting, ceramics, Aikido, and creative writing. During his junior year of high school, the Andersons took a summer trip to Europe, and there Daniel encountered the old cathedrals of medieval Christianity. It was these cathedrals, and the broad knowledge of medieval Church history that Daniel gained, that solidified the story and characters of Children of Falin. The novel was written in a space of two years with very little rewriting, and it became Daniel's first published novel. Currently, Daniel attends college at the Maryland Institute and College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore. While a writer at the core, Daniel is an avid fan of abstract artwork, admiring such artists as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning. He himself often paints and has had a one-man show of painted works, many of which can be viewed on his personal website. For writing, he admires the works of James Joyce, C. S. Lewis, and Frank Herbert. Daniel plans to create more stories in the future, exploring the imagery of language and expanding its incredible use as an art form. He keeps a personal website at www.secondseraph.com and keeps a blog about his experiences at blog.secondseraph.com. |
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