Daniel B. Weiss is an American author. His debut novel Lucky Wander Boy was themed around video games and has since been linked with the screen adaptations of various science-fiction and fantasy stories. He has expressed an interest in writing for video games.
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Born and raised in Chicago, a graduate of Wesleyan University, he earned a Masters of Philosophy in Irish Literature from Trinity College, Dublin and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.[1]
Weiss has apparently finished a second novel that he described as 'needing a second draft'.[2]
D. B. Weiss was hired to rewrite the screenplay for a film adaptation of Bungie's game series Halo, based on the $1 million dollar script written by Alex Garland. The rewrite was during 2006 and planned for a 2008 release.[3] He also penned a script of Orson Scott Card's book Ender's Game.[4]
Weiss is currently working with David Benioff, the writer of Troy, on Game of Thrones, the HBO TV adaptation of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.[5]
Weiss is also currently writing the script for the I Am Legend prequel film,[6] and a remake of They Live by director John Carpenter.[7]