Daniel Wallace (author)

Daniel Wallace (born 1959) is an American author best known for his 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions - the basis for the Tim Burton film Big Fish.

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American - Tim Burton - Big Fish

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Born in Birmingham, Alabama, he attended both Emory University and University of North Carolina studying business but did not graduate, instead taking a job with a trading company in Nagoya, Japan. After returning to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Wallace worked for thirteen years in a bookstore and as an illustrator before Big Fish was published. He still lives in Chapel Hill with his wife, Laura , and son, Henry.

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Birmingham, Alabama - Emory University - University of North Carolina - Nagoya, Japan - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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