Daniel Kraus (born June 7, 1975) is an American author known for his collaborations with George A. Romero and Guillermo del Toro. As of November 2025, he has published 22 novels, including Whalefall (2023), Angel Down (2025) and The Living Dead (2020, co-authored with George A. Romero), as well as three graphic novels and a non-fiction book scheduled for release in 2026.
In 2012, Kraus became the Booklist Books for Youth editor at the American book review magazine, Booklist.
Kraus was awarded the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel Angel Down.
Books in order of publication:
The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch Books
| The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume One | (2015) |
| The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume Two | (2016) |
| The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch — The Complete Confession | (2016) |
Graveyard Girls Books
with Lisi Harrison
| 1-2-3-4, I Declare a Thumb War | (2022) |
| Scream for the Camera | (2023) |
Trollhunter Book with Guillermo del Toro
| Trollhunters(With: Guillermo del Toro) | (2015) |
Teddies Saga Books
| They Threw Us Away | (2020) |
| They Stole Our Hearts | (2021) |
| They Set the Fire | (2023) |
| Standalone Novels | |
| The Monster Variations | (2009) |
| Rotters | (2011) |
| Scowler | (2013) |
| The Shape of Water(With: Guillermo del Toro) | (2018) |
| Blockchains, Smart Contracts, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations and the Law | (2019) |
| Blood Sugar | (2019) |
| Bent Heavens | (2020) |
| The Living Dead(With: George A. Romero) | (2020) |
| The Ghost That Ate Us | (2022) |
| Wrath(With: Sharon Moalem) | (2022) |
| Whalefall | (2023) |
| Pay the Piper(With: George A. Romero) | (2024) |
| Angel Down | (2025) |
| The Sixth Nik | (2026) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Partially Devoured | (2026) |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| Athanasia | (2025) |
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