Daniel Wallace is the author of
Four novels: Mr. Sebastian and The Negro Magician (2006), Big Fish (1998), Ray in Reverse (2000) and The
Watermelon King (2003). A fourth novel, Mr. Sebastian and the Negro
Magician, will be published by Doubleday in 2007. Big Fish has been
translated into twenty-one languages, The Watermelon King into eleven,
and Ray in Reverse . . . two. In 2003 Columbia Pictures released the
film version of Big Fish. It was adapted by John August
and directed by Tim Burton and it was good. His illustrated children's book for adults, O Great Rosenfeld! was released in France in 2006. A
soundtrack to this book, written and performed by Falcon , can be heard at www.ogreatrosenfeld.com. His
novels, stories and essays are taught in classrooms across the country. 
His
illustrations have appeared in the L.A. Times, Italian Vanity Fair and
many other publications. His short stories have been widely published and
anthologized. He is kind to animals and small children.
Daniel Wallace was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Emory University and the University of North Carolina, and now lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with his wife and son. He has taught writing at UNC-CH, UNC-G, UNC-W, Bread Loaf and Sewanee.
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