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James Smith Dashner born November 26, is an American writer known for speculative fiction. Many of his books are primarily aimed at children or young adults. In , a film adaptation of The Maze Runner was released, followed by another two films in and The three films' collective box-office earnings make it the fourth-highest-grossing film series based on young-adult books, after the film series of Harry Potter , The Twilight Saga , and The Hunger Games , respectively.

James Dashner was born on November 26, , in Austell, Georgia , as one of six children in the family. He was raised a Mormon.

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At the age of 10, he would type on his parents' typewriter. He graduated from Duluth High School in He moved from Atlanta , Georgia to Provo, Utah to study at Brigham Young University , where he received a master's degree in accounting. Dashner released his first novel in , titled A Door in the Woods. Like many of his books, A Door in the Woods is a fantasy aimed at teenagers.

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The story follows Jimmy Fincher, who notices person in the forest acting suspiciously. What he witnesses then sets off a chain of events changing Jimmy's life. In , a second and third book were released as part of The Jimmy Fincher Saga. The second instalment was A Gift of Ice, which again follows Jimmy in his journey to save the world from The Stompers.

The third instalment of the series was released later in , titled The Tower of Air.