author
D. L. (Daniel Lewis) James
1911–1988
Best known for the novel Famous All Over Town, he built a career that ranged from science fiction to screenwriting and only later revealed that he had also written under the pen name Danny Santiago. His work is remembered for its range and for the surprise of the voice behind one of the most acclaimed novels about Los Angeles barrio life.
2 Audiobooks
Exit From Asteroid 60
by D. L. (Daniel Lewis) James
Tickets to Paradise
by D. L. (Daniel Lewis) James
About the author
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1911, Daniel Lewis James Jr. was an American writer whose career stretched across several forms, including novels, screenwriting, and science fiction. He died in Monterey, California, in 1988.
He is especially associated with Famous All Over Town, a novel about Mexican American life in Los Angeles that he published under the pseudonym Danny Santiago. For much of his professional life, he kept that identity secret, which made the later revelation especially striking.
James also wrote other fiction, including science fiction, and worked in film as well. That mix of popular storytelling, hidden identity, and late recognition gives his career an unusual place in 20th-century American writing.