{"title":"Daniel Keyes","description":"\u003cb\u003eDaniel Keyes (1927-2014)\u003c\/b\u003e\r\n Born in Brooklyn in 1927, Daniel Keyes worked as a merchant seaman, editor and university lecturer. He published four other novels, including \u003ci\u003eFlowers for Algernon\u003c\/i\u003e, originally a short story, for which he won the Hugo Award, later expanded into the Nebula Award-winning novel and adapted as an Oscar-winning film (\u003ci\u003eCharly\u003c\/i\u003e, 1968). Daniel Keyes had a Master's degree in English and American literature and was a Professor of English and Creative writing. He died in 2014.","products":[{"product_id":"flowers-for-algernon","title":"Flowers For Algernon","description":"Charlie Gordon, IQ 68, is a floor sweeper and the gentle butt of everyone's jokes - until an experiment in the enhancement of human intelligence turns him into a genius.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But then Algernon, the mouse whose triumphal experimental transformation preceded his, fades and dies, and Charlie has to face the possibility that his salvation was only temporary.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the 1960 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and subsequently expanded into a Hugo-nominated novel, \u003c\/i\u003eFlowers for Algernon\u003ci\u003e earned Daniel Keyes the honour of SFWA Author Emeritus in 2000 for his contribution to Science Fiction and Fantasy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Heartbreaking and beautiful.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eRequired reading, as far as I am concerned' - Wil Wheaton\u003cbr\u003e'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking, and utterly, completely brilliant' - \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Excellent . . . extremely moving' - \u003ci\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to The Best Of The Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Gollancz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback ( Published 2022-10-27, Edition 880721.0 )","offer_id":47716260020510,"sku":"9781399607766","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback ( Published 2000-01-13 )","offer_id":47642919797022,"sku":"9781857989380","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"General Merchandise","offer_id":56258737734011,"sku":"9781399632621","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/2642\/0664\/products\/9781399607766-original.jpg?v=1763707917"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/2642\/0664\/collections\/getimage_7454cad5-0ecd-4aae-bc82-162eafaf92f9.jpg?v=1783232286","url":"https:\/\/store.gollancz.co.uk\/collections\/author-daniel-keyes-1.oembed","provider":"Gollancz","version":"1.0","type":"link"}