Daniel Kraus (author)

Daniel Kraus (born 1975) is an American author known for his collaborations with George A. Romero and Guillermo del Toro. He published his first novel, The Monster Variations, with Delacorte Press in 2009. As of November 2025, he has published 22 novels, including Whalefall (2023), Angel Down (2025) and The Living Dead (2020, co-authored with George A. Romero), as well as three graphic novels and a non-fiction book scheduled for release in 2026.

In 2012, Kraus became the Booklist Books for Youth editor at the American book review magazine, Booklist.

Kraus was born June 7, 1975, in Midland, Michigan, and grew up in Fairfield, Iowa. He lives in Chicago with his wife.