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Revision as of 20:07, 15 April 2007 by 69.22.249.79 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Daniel Wallace (born 1959) is an American author best known for his 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions - the basis for the Tim Burton film Big Fish.
Life
Wallace was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and attended Emory University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studying business; however, he did not graduate, instead taking a job with a trading company in Nagoya, Japan. After returning to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Wallace worked for thirteen years in a bookstore and as an illustrator before Big Fish was published. He continues to live in Chapel Hill with his wife, Laura , and their son, Henry. He is currently a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Bibliography
- Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions (1998)
- Ray in Reverse (2000)
- The Watermelon King (2003)
External links
- Wallace's website
- Strange Horizons interview
- Independent Weekly interview
- Southern Literary Review interview
- USAToday interview
- Daniel Wallace at IMDb