James Dashner writes young adult science fiction and dystopian adventure, best known for The Maze Runner series. The first novel places Thomas in the Glade, a community of boys with no clear memory of their past, surrounded by a shifting maze filled with mechanical creatures. As the series continues through The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure, the mystery expands into a wider story about disease, experiments and the organisation responsible for testing the young survivors. Dashner's books are fast-paced and plot-driven, relying on danger, puzzles, pursuit and withheld information to keep the story moving. He has also written the Mortality Doctrine series, which centres on virtual reality and artificial intelligence. His work fits young adult dystopia, survival fiction and science-fiction adventure, with overlap for readers of Suzanne Collins, Michael Grant and Scott Westerfeld. Read more Less
