Daniel Keyes

American author.

Born August 9th, 1927 in Brooklyn. [ref]

Died June 15th, 2014 at 86 years old in Boca Raton (pneumonia). [ref]

Occupations
journalist, non-fiction writer, novelist, science fiction writer, screenwriter, university teacher, writer
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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan