Which writer, Dan Simmons or Madeleine L'Engle, is known for young adult fiction, including "A Wrinkle in Time"?
Dan Simmons Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948) is an American science fiction and horror writer. He is the author of the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium/Olympos cycles, among other works which span the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres, sometimes within a single novel. A typical example of Simmons' intermingling of genres is "Song of Kali" (1985), winner of World Fantasy Award. He also writes mysteries and thrillers, some of which feature the continuing character Joe Kurtz.
Diane Simmons Diane Simmons is an author from the U.S. state of Oregon. She won the Oregon Book Award in for her novel "Dreams Like Thunder", and the Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction for "Little America". She teaches English at the City University of New York (CUNY). She published a biography of Caribbean author Jamaica Kincaid, which was based on her doctoral dissertation at CUNY.