April Daniels (author)
April Daniels | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 2017–present |
| Notable works | Dreadnought, Sovereign |
April Daniels is an American author of the Nemesis superhero trilogy.
Personal life and education[]
Daniels lived in Ashland, Oregon until she was ten years old, where she was exposed to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, before her family moved to Los Angeles, California.[1] She was homeless in San Francisco for a time,[2][3][4] and currently lives in Portland, Oregon.[1] She graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a degree in literature.[3] Daniels is a trans woman.[2][5] Daniels is also a contributor to The Mary Sue.[3]
Nemesis series[]
Daniels' first book, Dreadnought, introduces a girl named Danny Tozer who inherits the mantle of her world's foremost superhero[6]—the eponymous Dreadnought—which gives her powers like flight and the feminine body she has wanted ever since she realized she was transgender,[3][7] and thrusts her into confrontation with a trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF) witch and other supervillains.[1][2][5][8] It was a Lambda Literary Award finalist.[9]
Daniels' second book, Sovereign, introduces a genderqueer superhero named Kinetiq, continues to explore the moral and mental health implications of Danny's fights with villains, and has her file for emancipation from her abusive family and find love.[2][5][10]
A third and final installment in the Nemesis series is currently in development, tentatively titled Dreadnought 3.[11]
In 2018, the series was optioned for film to Wayne Brady's production company, Makin' It Up Productions.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b c Rob B., Interview with April Daniels (Author of DREADNOUGHT), January 23, 2017, SFFWorld
- ^ a b c d Sam Riedel, April Daniels Tackles Trans Teen Trouble in Superheroine Story Dreadnought, January 24, 2017, Barnes & Noble
- ^ a b c d Carolyn Cox, Exclusive Cover Reveal: Dreadnought, a YA Novel Featuring a Trans Superheroine, June 21, 2016, The Mary Sue
- ^ TBL Author Q&A Series: April Daniels, April 10, 2017, Tethered By Letters
- ^ a b c Alex Falck, An Interview with Author April Daniels, April 30, 2018, on the Intellectual Freedom Blog of the Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association
- ^ a b Ceillie Simkiss, Ownvoices trans YA novel Dreadnought optioned for film, February 24, 2018, Culturess
- ^ Nicole Clark, The Female Superhero Stories You Should Be Reading Right Now, March 13, 2019, Vice
- ^ Leila Roy, Dreadnought by April Daniels (review), January 29, 2018, Kirkus Reviews
- ^ 30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists and Winners, Lambda Literary Foundation
- ^ Michele Kirichanskaya, ‘Sovereign’ by April Daniels, October 3, 2017, Lambda Literary Foundation
- ^ Interview with April Daniels – Geeks OUT
- Living people
- American women novelists
- LGBT writers from the United States
- LGBT people from Oregon
- Transgender and transsexual women
- Transgender and transsexual writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century American women writers
- People from Ashland, Oregon
- 21st-century LGBT people