Daniel Kraus

Daniel Kraus is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling writer of novels, TV, and film. His novel Angel Down won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He coauthored The Shape of Water with Guillermo del Toro, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar–winning film. Their earlier collaboration, Trollhunters, was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. He also cowrote Pay the Piper with George A. Romero. Kraus is a Bram Stoker Award winner. He lives with his wife in Chicago. Visit him at DanielKraus.com.