Don Daglow is the Emmy® Award winning creator of Neverwinter Nights™, which ran for six years on AOL. His novel The Fog Seller has won multiple major independent book awards for fiction, and his non-fiction From Dream to Delivery books are also multiple award-winners.
He is a past winner of the National Endowment for the Arts "New Voices" playwriting competition, and his work has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction under its legendary editor Edward L. Ferman.
Don studied writing and theatre under Dr. Steven C. Young at Pomona College, where he received his B.A. in English (Playwriting). He later earned his M.Ed. from Claremont Graduate University, where he became an adjunct instructor upon graduation, and taught Social Studies, English and Theatre as a bilingual teacher at a public middle school in Southern California before entering the games industry. (To learn more, please click here.)
"Rating: 9/10. The intricate plot is ingeniously executed so that all pieces of the puzzle fit together in the end. The prose is top notch... distinctively original structure..." -- The BookLife Prize (Publishers Weekly), September, 2017
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Gold Medal: Best Mystery, Readers’ Favorite Awards
Gold Medal: Best Mystery, National Indie Excellence Awards
Winner, Best Novel, TopShelf Book Awards
Winner, Best Mystery, TopShelf Book Awards
Runner-up, Grand Prize for Best Book of the Year, TopShelf Book Awards
Silver Medal: Best Novel (Pacific Region), Independent Publisher IPPY Awards
Silver Medal: Best Novel (Western Region), National Indie Excellence Awards
Silver Medal: Best Mystery, CLUE Awards
Gold Medal: Benjamin Franklin Book Awards (Best Fiction Cover), Independent Book Publishers Association
Gold Medal: Ariana Awards (Best Mystery Cover). Electronic Publishing Industry Coalition
Finalist: Best Mystery of the Year, Independent Audiobook Awards
Finalist: Best Literary Fiction of the Year, Independent Audiobook Awards
"Indie Games: From Dream to Delivery is the best book to start with if you are considering developing your own game. Don L. Daglow brings you his years of experience in game design and development in a straightforward and comprehensive guide. He will show you a step by step method, proven techniques, and pitfalls to avoid… It makes no false promises... Daglow writes in a voice that is a cross between a patient sage under a Bodhi tree and a hardcore street philosopher strengthened by mixed realities… The insights and nuggets of truth you will acquire in Indie Games: From Dream to Delivery will temper your idealism with realism [and] stoke the fires of your passion." – Readers’ Favorite; August, 2019
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Honors for Don Daglow's From Dream to Delivery books:
Winner, 2019 Independent Press Book Awards
Winner, Kirkus Top 100 Indie Books of 2019
Finalist, 2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards
Finalist, 2019 National Indie Excellence Awards
Finalist, 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
Finalist, Book Excellence Awards
“Remarkable and thought-provoking allegory... Quixotic and courageous, Will's character is admirable... Flawlessly written… an engaging and intriguing short story that will entertain everyone who enjoys a hero standing up for a cause.” – Readers Favorite, June, 2020
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