Born in Peoria, Illinois, in 1948, Dan Simmons spent his early years in Illinois and Indiana. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as an elementary school teacher for 18 years in Missouri, New York and Colorado, where he was once named a finalist for Colorado Teacher of the Year. According to his obituary, Simmons had a distinctive way of engaging his students. “Every day after lunch, Dan told his class a new instalment of an epic story that began on the first day of school,” it states. “As they listened, the students coloured the illustrations he had drawn for...
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