Daniel F. Galouye

Born in New Orleans in 1920, Daniel F. Galouye studied journalism at Louisiana State University and later worked as a newspaper reporter and editor. He also served as a naval aviator during World War II, and his wartime injuries reportedly affected his health for years afterward.

In the 1950s and 1960s, he built a strong reputation in magazine science fiction, publishing short fiction as well as novels. He sometimes wrote under the name Louis G. Daniels, and his work often focused on paranoia, fractured reality, and the uneasy relationship between people and technology.

Galouye is best remembered for novels including Dark Universe and Simulacron-3. The latter was adapted for the screen more than once, most famously as World on a Wire and later The Thirteenth Floor, helping keep his ideas alive for new generations of science-fiction readers and viewers.