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Daniel Quinn (born 1935 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a United States writer.

Quinn received an extensive education at iii different universities: Saint Louis University, University of Vienna, Austria, and Loyola University. He abandoned the career as the publisher within 1975 to turn into a mercenary writer. Quinn is better known for his book Ishmael, which won the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship Award in 1991. This fellowship was established to encourage authors to search "creative and positive solutions to global problems." Ishmael is the number one of the trilogy including The Story of B and My Ishmael.

He is the creator of the resulting books:

Dreamer (1988) Ishmael The Story of B My Ishmael Providence: The Story of a 50 Year Vision Quest (autobiography) Beyond Civilization The Man Who Grew Young (graphic novel) After Dachau The Holy

Related authors include Derrick Jensen, Jared Diamond, Jack Forbes and Fredy Perlman.

Presently he sleep in Houston, Texas by owning his married woman Rennie.

Key Concepts
New Tribal Revolution and new tribalists Food Race Overpopulation

The Ishmael Community
Works of Daniel Quinn, discussion and links.






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