Original: Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American author most widely known for his Hugo Award-winning science fiction series, known as the Hyperion Cantos, and for his Locus-winning Ilium/Olympos cycle.
Simplified: Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American writer best known for his Hugo Award-winning series called theHyperion Cantos, and for his Locus-winning Ilium/Olympos cycle.