Daniel Keys Moran


Daniel Keys Moran, also known by his initials DKM, is an American computer programmer and science fiction writer.

Biography

Moran was born in Los Angeles to Richard Joseph Moran and Marilynn Joyce Moran. He has three sisters, Kari Lynn Moran, Jodi Anne Moran and Kathleen Moran.
A native of Southern California, he formerly lived in North Hollywood. DKM, his third wife Amy Stout-Moran, and their sons Richard Moran and Connor Moran, along with Amy's two daughters and one son later lived in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
In early 2005 Keys Moran lost vision in one eye due to wet macular degeneration.

The Great Wheel of Existence

The multi-verse in which most of DKM’s work is set.
  1. “All the Time in the World” – Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Vol. 6 No. 5 May 1982. Story art: Laura Buscemi/Artifact.
  2. The Armageddon Blues – Bantam Spectra paperback. . Cover art: Jim Burns.
Quiet Vision hardcover , tradepaper . Cover design: DKM.
  1. “Realtime” Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Vol. 8 No. 8 August 1984. Cover art: Hisaki Yasuda. Story art: Ron Lindahn.
  2. The Ring – Bantom Doubleday hardcover. . Jacket art: Shusei. Jacket design: Jamie S. Warren.
based in part'' on a screenplay by William Stewart and Joanne Nelson.''

The Continuing Time

  1. Emerald Eyes – Bantam Spectra paperback. . Cover art: Paul and Stephen Youll.
Quiet Vision hardcover , tradepaper . Cover art and design: DKM.
  1. The Long Run – Bantam Spectra paperback. . Cover art Jim Burns.
Quiet Vision hardcover , tradepaper . Cover design: DKM.
  1. * Emerald Eyes / "The Star" / The Long Run – Queen Of Angels limited edition hardcover omnibus. Jacket art and design: DKM.
“The Star” is a new short story set between the two novels, and is also included in the Quiet Vision printings of Emerald Eyes.
  1. The Last Dancer – Bantam Spectra paperback. . Cover art: Sanjulián.
Quiet Vision hardcover . Jacket art and design: DKM.
  1. The A.I. War, Book One: The Big Boost – ebook from fs& in multiple formats. Cover art: Angel Greenwood.
  2. The A.I. War, Book Two: Live Fast and Never Die.
  3. Tales of the Continuing Time and Other Stories – a self-published collection incorporating material previously available online as well as new stories from the Continuing Time setting and otherwise.
  4. The Time Wars, Book One: The Great Gods.
  5. The Time Wars, Book Two: The Emerald Throne.
  6. Trinity, Book One: Kozmic Blues – with Steve Perry.

    The Sunset Strip

  7. Terminal Freedom – with Jodi Moran. Queen Of Angels hardcover. Jacket design: DKM.
Quiet Vision tradepaper . Cover design: DKM.

Other stories

  • “Given the Game” – Aboriginal Science Fiction. Nov.–Dec. 1990. Cover and story art: Charles Lang.
  • “Hard Time”. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, episode 4×19. .
  • “On Sequoia Time” – Asimov’s Science Fiction. Vol. 20 No. 9 September 1996. Story art: Steve Cavallo.
  • “Roughing it During the Martian Invasion”. War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches anthology, edited by Kevin Anderson – Bantam Spectra paperback. .
  • A series of commentaries for The Way In, airing in 2001:
  • * “The Road Goes Everywhere”
  • * “A Freeway in My Back Yard”
  • * “The Vast and Endless Sea”
  • * “It’s Great to Be Me”
  • A Freeway In My Back Yard – a collection of essays, stories, nonfiction, and scripts.
  • “Uncle Jack” – A Princess of Mars: The Annotated Edition & New Tales of the Red Planet. Anthology with annotations by Aaron Parrett – Sword & Planet trade-paperback. .

    Star Wars

Three short stories published in Bantam Spectra paperback anthologies, edited by Kevin J. Anderson, with cover art by Stephen Youll.