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Daniel H. Wilson

Daniel H. Wilson
Wilson at LiveWire! Radio Show, 2012.
Born	(1978-03-06) March 6, 1978 (age 46) Tulsa, Oklahoma, US
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Cherokee Nation, American
Alma mater	Carnegie Mellon University University of Tulsa
Period	2005–present
Notable works	How to Survive a Robot Uprising, Robopocalypse
Website
www.danielhwilson.com

Daniel H. Wilson (born March 6, 1978) is a New York Times bestselling author,^[1] television host and robotics engineer. He currently resides in Portland, Oregon. His books include the award-winning humor titles How to Survive a Robot Uprising, Where's My Jetpack? and How to Build a Robot Army and the bestseller Robopocalypse.

Daniel H. Wilson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma,^[2] the elder of two children. He is Cherokee and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.^[3]

Wilson attended Booker T. Washington High School, graduating in 1996. He earned his B.S.inComputer Science at the University of Tulsa in 2000, spending one semester studying philosophy abroad in Melbourne, Australia at the University of Melbourne. He completed an M.S.inRobotics, another M.S. in Machine Learning, and his PhD in Robotics in 2005 at the Robotics InstituteatCarnegie Mellon UniversityinPittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His thesis work, entitled Assistive Intelligent Environments for Automatic Health Monitoring, focused on providing automatic location and activity monitoring in the home via low-cost sensors such as motion detectors and contact switches. He has worked as a research internatMicrosoft Research, the Xerox PARC, Northrop Grumman, and Intel Research Seattle.

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• How to Survive a Robot Uprising won a Rave Award from Wired and was chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) as a "2007 Popular Paperback for Young Adults".
• Where's My Jetpack? was a GQ Media Pick for 2007.
• How to Build a Robot Army was chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) as a "2009 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers."
• Robopocalypse was a New York Times bestseller; a Los Angeles Times bestseller; a winner of the Alex Awards presented by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA); a Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2011; a nominee for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel; and a nominee for the 2012 Endeavor Award.
• Robogenesis was a Los Angeles Times bestseller.
• Wilson was the Guest of Honor at the Capricon 33 science fiction convention, held in Chicago.

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• A Boy and His Bot, middle reader (New York: Bloomsbury Children's, 2011)
• Amped, techno thriller (New York: Doubleday, 2012)
• The Clockwork Dynasty, techno thriller (New York: Doubleday, 2017)

Robopocalypse

1. Robopocalypse, techno thriller (New York: Doubleday, 2011)
2. Robogenesis, techno thriller (New York: Doubleday, 2014)

Michael Crichton's Andromeda

• The Andromeda Evolution, techno thriller (New York: Harper, 2019)

This is a sequel to Michael Crichton's novel The Andromeda Strain.

Collections

• Guardian Angels and Other Monsters, short story collection (New York: Doubleday, March 6, 2018)

Anthologies edited

• Robot Uprisings, co-edited with John Joseph Adams (New York: Vintage, 2014)
• Wilson, Daniel H. & John Joseph Adams, eds. (2015). Press Start to play. New York: Vintage Books.

Stories^[4]

• "Parasite" (in21st Century Dead: A Zombie Anthology, edited by Christopher Golden, St. Martin's Press, 2012)
• "Helmet" (inArmored, edited by John Joseph Adams, Baen Books, 2012)
• "Freshee's Frogurt" (inDiverse Energies, edited by Tobias S. Buckell and Joe Monti, Tu Books, 2012)
• "Foul Weather" (in "Nightmare Magazine", edited by John Joseph Adams, 2012)
• "The Executor" (inThe Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination, edited by John Joseph Adams, Tor, 2013)
• "The Blue Afternoon that Lasted Forever" (inCarbide Tipped Pens, edited by Ben Bova, Tor, 2014)

• "Earth 2: World's End" (26 issue weekly series, with Marguerite Bennett and Mike Johnson, DC Comics, 2014)
• "Earth 2: Futures End" (one-shot, art by Eddy Barrows, DC Comics, 2014)
• "Earth 2: Society" (7 issue monthly series, art by Jorge Jimenez, DC Comics, 2015)
• "Spring" (in "Zombies vs Robots Annual Y0", illustrated by Sam Kieth and edited by Chris Ryall, IDW, May 2012)

• "Quarantine Zone", illustrated by Fernando Pasarin (DC Comics, 2016)

• How To Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion, humor (New York: Bloomsbury, 2005)
• Where's My Jetpack?: A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future That Never Arrived, humor (New York: Bloomsbury, 2007)
• How to Build a Robot Army: Tips on Defending Planet Earth Against Alien Invaders, Ninjas, and Zombies, humor (New York: Bloomsbury, 2008)
• The Mad Scientist Hall of Fame: Muwahahaha!, humor (New York: Citadel, 2008)
• Bro-Jitsu: The Martial Art of Sibling Smackdown, humor (New York: Bloomsbury Children's, 2010)

• "Mayday! Deep Space", developed with Mountain Machine Studios and voiced by Osric Chau, Bitsie Tulloch, and Claire Coffee (January 7, 2015)

Press Start to play

• Sakers, Don (October 2015). "The Reference Library". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (10): 105–108.

How to Survive A Robot Uprising, published during Wilson's final year of graduate school in late 2005, was optioned by Paramount Pictures. A screenplay was written by Tom Lennon and Ben Garant, and produced by Mike DeLuca. Mike Myers was attached to star;.^[5] The sequel to How to Survive a Robot Uprising, called "How to Build a Robot Army", was also optioned by Paramount Pictures. However, the options eventually expired.

In October 2010, How to Survive A Robot Uprising was re-optioned by Steve Pink (writer of the films High Fidelity and Grosse Pointe Blank) and actor Jack Black.^[6]

In May 2007 (before publication), Bro-Jitsu was optioned by Nickelodeon Movies (a subset of Paramount Pictures) and Wilson hired to write the screenplay.^[7]

In November 2009, Wilson sold his novel RobopocalypsetoDoubleday, with Jason Kaufman (editor of Dan Brown, among others) coming on as editor. One day before rights to the novel were purchased, Wilson sold film rights to DreamWorks SKG, with Steven Spielberg officially signing on to direct.^[8] On March 7, 2018, Michael Bay replaced Spielberg as director over Spielberg's scheduling conflicts.^[9]

In November 2010, Wilson sold his novel AMPED to Doubleday, again working with editor Jason Kaufman.^[10] Film rights to the novel were sold to Summit Entertainment, with Alex Proyas (Dark City, The Crow, I, Robot) attached to direct.^[11][12]

In 2014, Wilson's short story was adapted into the short film The Nostalgist written and directed by Giacomo Cimini. The short film premièred June 19, 2014, at the Palm Springs International Shortfest.^[13]

In 2014, it was announced that Lionsgate Studios has acquired the distributing rights to Wilson's screenplay for the upcoming sci-fi film Alpha. Anthony Scott Burns is attached to direct, and Brad Pitt is reportedly involved in production as well.^[14]

Wilson hosted a series on the History Channel entitled The Works, which debuted on July 10, 2008. Ten episodes of The Works aired, in which Wilson explained the hidden workings of everyday items, including Sneakers, Guns, Beer, Garbage, Robots, Skydiving, Power Tools, Steel, Motorcycles, and Tattoos. He has also appeared as himself in Modern Marvels and Countdown to Doomsday.

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