Question: The Terror is an upcoming anthology television series set to be broadcast on AMC in 2017, and is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by which American author?

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The Terror (novel): The Terror is a 2007 novel by American author Dan Simmons.  It is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS "Erebus" and HMS "Terror" to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to force the Northwest Passage.  In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with mutiny and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by a monster.

The Jane Austen Season: The Jane Austen Season is a British television series of dramas based on novels by Jane Austen.  The season began on ITV at 9:00 p.m. on Sunday 18 March 2007, with "Mansfield Park".  The following week, "Northanger Abbey" was aired.  The season ended with the airing of "Persuasion" on Sunday 1 April 2007.  A repeat of the 1996 feature-length film "Emma" was broadcast on Friday 6 April 2007.  The combined ITV and BBC series was shown in the United States by the PBS Masterpiece Theatre drama anthology television series from January through March 2008.

Goosebumps (TV series): Goosebumps is a Canadian horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's best-selling "Goosebumps" book series.

Unicorn Variations: Unicorn Variations is a collection of stories and essays by American author Roger Zelazny, published in 1983.  The title story, "Unicorn Variation", was written as a result of Zelazny having been asked to contribute to two different upcoming anthologies — one collecting stories set in bars, and one collecting stories about unicorns.  When Zelazny mentioned these requests to his close friend George R. R. Martin, Martin told Zelazny of a third upcoming anthology — one which would collect stories about chess — and jokingly suggested that Zelazny write a story about playing chess against a unicorn in a bar, so that he could sell the story three times.  Zelazny did just that and then went on to win a Hugo Award for the story.

The Terror (TV series): The Terror is an upcoming anthology television series set to be broadcast on AMC in 2017.  The series is based on the 2007 best-selling novel of the same name by Dan Simmons.

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: "The Twilight Zone" Tower of Terror, also known as Tower of Terror, is an accelerated drop tower dark ride located at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Tokyo DisneySea, Walt Disney Studios Park, and formerly located at Disney California Adventure Park.  Except for the Tokyo DisneySea version, the attractions are inspired by Rod Serling's anthology television series, "The Twilight Zone", and take place in the fictional Hollywood Tower Hotel in Hollywood, California.  The Tokyo version, which features an original story line not related to "The Twilight Zone", takes place in the fictional Hotel Hightower.  All three versions place riders in a seemingly ordinary hotel elevator, and present the riders with a fictional backstory in which people have mysteriously disappeared from the elevator under the influence of some supernatural element many years prior.

Johnny Tremain (film): Johnny Tremain is a 1957 film made by Walt Disney Productions, based on the 1944 Newbery Medal-winning children's novel of the same name by Esther Forbes, retelling the story of the years in Boston, Massachusetts prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution.  The movie was directed by Robert Stevenson.  It was made for television, but first released to theatres.  Walt Disney understood the new technology of color television and filmed his Walt Disney anthology television series in color.  But the show, known as "Disneyland" at that time, was broadcast in black and white.  After its theater run in 1957, the film was shown in its entirety on television in two episodes (in color, then known as "The Wonderful World of Disney"), rather than as a complete film on a single evening, on November 21 and 28, 1958.

Tadhana: Tadhana (lit.  "Destiny") is a Philippine weekly drama anthology television series broadcast by GMA Network.  Hosted by Marian Rivera, it premiered on May 20, 2017 replacing "Karelasyon" and also aired on May 28, 2017 worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV.  It also started airing on GMA News TV since May 26, 2017.

Out of This World (UK TV series): Out of This World is a British science fiction anthology television series made by ABC Television and broadcast in 1962.  A spin-off from the "Armchair Theatre" anthology series, each episode was introduced by the actor Boris Karloff.  Many of the episodes were adaptations of stories by science fiction writers including Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick and Clifford D. Simak.  The series is generally seen as a precursor to the BBC science fiction anthology series "Out of the Unknown".

Riders (Cooper novel): Riders is an international best-selling novel written by the English author Jilly Cooper.  It is the first of a series of romance novels known as the Rutshire Chronicles, which are set in the fictional English county of Rutshire.  The story focuses on the lives of a group of top show jumping stars and follows the ups and downs of both their personal and professional lives.  A television adaptation of the novel was made in 1993, directed by Gabrielle Beaumont and broadcast by Anglia Television for ITV.

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Answer: Dan Simmons