James Dashner is an American writer of speculative fiction, primarily series for children or young adults. Dashner's dystopian Maze Runner series have been adapted into feature films. His work also includes The Jimmy Fincher Saga, The 13th Reality series, The Mortality Doctrine, and novels in the young reader action adventure series The Infinity Ring. Dashner and his wife and children live in Utah.

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