About Dan Moren
Dan Moren is the author of the supernatural detective novel All Souls Lost, as well as the Galactic Cold War series of sci-fi espionage capers from Angry Robot Books, and The Caledonian Gambit from Talos Press. He’s represented by Joshua Bilmes of JABberwocky Literary Agency.
A former senior editor at Macworld, Dan’s writing has also appeared in the Boston Globe, Fast Company, Popular Science, Yahoo Tech, Tom’s Guide, Six Colors, The Magazine, and TidBITS, among other places.
Additionally, Dan is a prolific podcaster: he serves as the co-host of tech shows Clockwise and The Rebound, writes and hosts nerdy quiz show Inconceivable!, and is a frequent panelist on the Parsec-award-winning podcast The Incomparable.
A two-time Jeopardy! champion, Dan lives with his family in Somerville, Massachusetts, where he’s never far from a twenty-sided die.
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Interviews
Dan has been interviewed a number of times both in print and on podcasts about his wide variety of work, including his novels, his work in tech journalism, and his podcasting career.
- Dan’s been interviewed four times by Paul Semel about his Galactic Cold War books, The Bayern Agenda, The Aleph Extraction, The Nova Incident and The Armageddon Protocol. (2019, 2020, 2022, 2024)
- On Justin Cox’s Writing Cooperative, Dan was interviewed about what, where, when, why, and how he writes. (2022)
- Dan talked to SciFiNow about his Galactic Cold War series, the hardest scenes to write, and his influences. (2022)
- Charlie Harrington asked Dan about the hardware and software he uses in writing, and his dream writing setup. (2021)
- On the MyLifeMyBooksMyEscape blog, Dan was interviewed about the launch of the Galactic Cold War series with The Bayern Agenda. (2019)
- In advance of his participation in Boskone 55, Dan was interviewed on the conference’s site. (2018)
- On the occasion of his debut novel, The Caledonian Gambit, Dan spoke to The Qwillery about the book, why he writes sci-fi, and how he does research. (2017)
Podcasts
- Karson Lacy chatted with Dan on his TROI podcast about All Souls Lost and the Galactic Cold War series, as well as his background in writing. (2024)
- Jason Snell has interviewed Dan several times on The Incomparable about his writing habits and his books on the occasion of their publishing: The Caledonian Gambit, The Bayern Agenda, The Aleph Extraction, The Nova Incident, and The Armageddon Protocol. (2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024)
- Dan was the inaugural guest on the Paper Places podcast, talking about All Souls Lost and his journey to being published. (2024)
- Fellow writer Antony Johnston chatted with Dan about the release of All Souls Lost and the story behind it on The Incomparable. (2023)
- On The Functional Nerds podcast, Dan discussed All Souls Lost with hosts Patrick Hester and Tracy Townsend. (2023)
- The My Hill to Die on podcast has twice featured in-depth interviews with Dan about the Galactic Cold War series. (2020, 2023)
- Owen Cooper interviewed Dan for his podcast, Behind the Creator, about how he got his start and how to be a better creator. (2022)
- Dan spoke to Dan Decker on his podcast Shall We Digress? about writing and his love of The Rocketeer. (2022)
- Brianna Wu and Simone de Rochefort have interviewed Dan on their podcast Rocket on two occasions, talking about technology and writing. (2020, 2021)
- Dan appeared on the Write Now with Scrivener podcast, where he talked to Kirk McElhearn about how he uses the writing app. (2021)
- Dan has twice been on the Narrated podcast, discussing the audiobook versions of The Bayern Agenda and The Aleph Extraction. (2019,2020)
- On Antony Johnston’s Writing and Breathing podcast, Dan spoke about his writing process. (2020)
- Cory Hixson interviewed Dan about his diversified career on his Talking to the Internet podcast. (2020)
- On the Alan and Jeremey VS SF podcast, Dan discussed a sci-fi short story and talked about a variety of writing related topics. (2019)
- The What the IF? podcast had Dan on to talk about what were to happen if encryption ran amok. (2019)
- Dan was interviewed by John Martellaro on his Background Mode podcast about how his career got started, his writing tools, and his podcast background. (2018)
- David Sparks interviewed Dan about his writing tools on Mac Power Users. (2017)
- Myke Hurley interviewed Dan about his writing career and how he got started at Macworld and also about his favorite album of all time. (2014, 2015)
- Lex Friedman and Dave Wiskus interviewed Dan on the Unprofessional podcast about being a nerd. (2012)
Accolades
Dan’s work has earned him a number of accolades, especially as a novelist.
- In May 2025, Dan became a two-time Jeopardy! champion.
- All Souls Lost was named as one of The Verge’s favorite books of 2023.
- The Nova Incident received a starred review from Publishers Weekly in 2022, was dubbed one of the Top 50 SFF Books of 2022 by Fantasy Faction, and named a book of the year by A Writer’s Life.
- The Aleph Extraction also garnered a starred review from Publishers Weekly in 2020.
- The Bayern Agenda debuted at #7 on Apple Books SF/F Bestseller list. (2019)
- Dan was honored with an entry in the SFF Encyclopedia as a notable author of science-fiction; he’s also a member in good standing of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association.
- Dan was named one of ten authors “shaking up science fiction” by Publishers Weekly. (2019)
- In 2021, Dan was invited to be a Guest of Honor at Picocon 38, where he spoke about automata in sci-fi.
- Dan’s debut novel, The Caledonian Gambit, is an Editor’s Pick for Best Science Fiction and Fantasy on Amazon. It also won Debut Author Challenge – Cover of the Year at The Qwillery in 2017, was a nominee for the Goodreads Choice Awards in the Best Debut Author category, and has been translated into Czech.
- Way back in 2013, Dan appeared as a contestant on the NPR quiz show Ask Me Another.