


In The Maze Runner which is book one, the Gladers, a group of kids who like him are alone, are trying to retain a sense of normalcy which they think that they may possibly remember. This series of novels revolve around the end of human civilization and a loss our a moral compass leading to confusion. The Maze Runner series consists of four novels, beginning with the Maze Runner and followed by The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure and finally The Kill Order. Probably the better of his known works are The 13th Reality series and The Maze Runner series. The theme of his Young Adult Novels is fantasy and science fiction. Other awards he has won are NY State Charlotte Award, Kentucky Bluegrass Award, Missouri Truman Readers Award the New Hampshire Isinglass Teen Read award among others. His writing has won him many accolades, with his book The Maze Runner sitting on the New York Times Bestseller list for a year.

Lord of the Flies as well as Ender’s Game where huge influenced on his The Maze Runner. His inspiration comes from the countless books that he has read the many TV programs and movies that he had seen over the years.

An avid, even obsessive reader, he would read anything that he was able to get hold of from The Lord of the Rings to The Hardy Boys. He originally worked in finance before deciding to turn his hand to writing.ĭashner knew he wanted to be a writer very early on. After he graduated from Duluth High School in 1991 he attended Brigham Young University, graduating with a Degree in Accounting. He will try to fulfill a new-found destiny before his path leads to its inevitable conclusion-and one last meeting with his best friend.Born in Austell, Georgia on November 26th 1972, James Dashner is the well known author of books for young adult readers as well as writing some adult novels. Taking place during the latter events of The Death Cure, Crank Palace tells the story of Newt like never before, from inside his own mind, as he searches for meaning in a life gone horribly wrong. Although Newt thought he was running away from his friends to save them from himself, along the way he meets a young mother named Keisha and her son, Dante, who end up saving Newt in a way he could never have imagined. From there, he experiences the gritty nightmare of life on the streets, running from the infected and those hunting them, until he ends up in the Crank Palace, the last dumping ground of those without hope. Leaving only a note, Newt departs the Berg before the Gladers return from their mission into Denver, Colorado. And Newt can't bear the thought of his friends watching him descend into madness as he succumbs to the virus. But now he has a burden that can't be shared with Thomas and the others-the Flare. Newt has been to hell and back with his friends.
