Daniel Quinn (born
1935 in
Omaha,
Nebraska). He received an extensive education at three different universities:
Saint Louis University[?],
University of Vienna,
Austria, and
Loyola University of Chicago. He abandoned a career as a publisher in 1975 to become a freelance writer. Quinn is best known for his book
Ishmael, which won the
Turner Tomorrow Fellowship[?] in 1991. This fellowship was established to encourage authors to seek "creative and positive solutions to global problems."
Ishmael is the first of a trilogy including
The Story of B[?] and
My Ishmael[?].
He is the author of the following books: