Dan Alatorre

Biography

USA Today bestselling author Dan Alatorre has published over thirty titles, has been translated into 12 languages, and is read in more than 120 countries around the world. His works include the #1 bestselling medical thriller series The Gamma Sequence and the murder mystery series Double Blind. You’ll find edge-of-your-seat suspense in every story, with twists you never see coming.

Dan resides in the Tampa, Florida area with his wife and daughter.

I'm not a thrill seeker, but I've done a lot of thrilling stuff that most people haven't. I've been shot at a few times (once on accident, twice on purpose) and come face to face with a massive bull shark while scuba diving, been in high speed car chases and violently turbulent air in a small jet, walked on a volcano, explored a Maya tomb... but somehow I lead a quiet life.

Fun Facts

Hobbies

I never know what to say when people ask me this. Does that make me weird? I like swimming and hiking, photography, playing with my kid - she asked Santa for an iPad last year so I could play Roblox with her - but I'm not sure any of those are really hobbies to me.

Most Exotic Place Visited

Gosh. Lots of places. We went whale watching in Hawaii, swam with sharks in Mexico, sipped wine in the hills of Tuscany, did a pub crawl in the UK, ate great food in France... stood on a glacier in the Canadian Rockies... But probably the most exotic place was Crane's Mansion beach in Barbados.

What Shampoo Do You Use?

Head and Shouders 2 in 1, currently the coconut scent. I don't have dandruff but I like the shapooo and conditioner in the same bottle. There's something about that simplicity that appeals to me. And it's coconut scent because we were on a trip to the German town of Helen, Georgia (amazing chocolate), and I needed shampoo, and that's what the local store had.

Your Dream Car

Whatever fits my daughter and a bunch of her friends for a field trip. I mean, my first car was a '68 convertible Mustang, so you can only go downhill from there.

Favorite Sport

I like watching NFL football when my team is winning.

Mountains or Beach? Why?

Beach. If you need an explanation, go to both in January and see where the margaritas taste best.

Pet Peeve

None. But my wife would disagree.

Number of Published Books

34 and counting.

Book that Changed Your Life

Ooh, tough one. Probably Jaws (Peter Benchley), Catch 22 (Joseph Heller), The Other (Thomas Tryon), and the essays of Mark Twain. Each of those authors is a master storyteller in their own way.

Favorite Place to Write

My office at home. Lots of books get created there.

Do You Listen to Music While Writing? What Kind?

No. I usually write very early in the morning (like 4am) and I don't want to wake people up. I'm not putting in earbuds or wearing headphines for that; I concentrate too hard and wouldn't listen to a thing anyway. But when I'm home alone writing in the daytime, I do like to have a TV on somewhere. It drowns out the neighbor mowing his lawn and keeps me vaguely aware of the passing of time because of the commercial breaks.