author
D. L. (Daniel Lewis) James
1911–1988
Known for publishing under the pseudonym Danny Santiago, this American writer built a reputation for sharp, vivid fiction while keeping his identity hidden for years. He is especially remembered for Famous All Over Town, a novel about Mexican American life in Los Angeles that drew wide attention and debate.
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 who worked across several forms, including fiction, screenwriting, and earlier science fiction stories. He died in Monterey, California, in 1988.
He is best known for the novel Famous All Over Town, which he published under the name Danny Santiago. For much of his career, he kept that identity secret, and the book became both admired and controversial after readers learned that the author was not, in fact, the Mexican American writer many had assumed.
That unusual literary history has kept interest in his work alive. Alongside his better-known novel, records of his papers and film-related credits show a wider career than many readers realize, stretching from pulp fiction to work connected with the movie industry.