Editing Daniel Keyes (section)

{{short description|American author}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox writer
| image        = Daniel keyes 2.jpg
| imagesize    =
| name         = Daniel Keyes
| caption      = Daniel Keyes
| birth_name   =
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1927|8|9}}
| birth_place  = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2014|6|15|1927|8|9}}
| death_place  = [[Boca Raton, Florida]], U.S.
| occupation   = Fiction writer
| period       = 1952–2014
| alma_mater   = [[New York University]]<br>[[Brooklyn College]]
| genre        = Science fiction
| subject      =
| movement     =
| notableworks = ''[[Flowers for Algernon]]'' (1959)<br />''[[The Minds of Billy Milligan]]'' (1981)
| spouse       = Aurea Georgina Vazquez
| children     = 
| influenced   =
| awards       = [[Hugo Award]] (1960)<br />[[Nebula Award]] (1966)<br />[[Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis|Kurd Lasswitz Award]] (1986)<br />[[Seiun Award]] (1993)<br />[[Locus Award]] (1998) {{citation needed|reason=Does not appear on lists of past winners|date=March 2020}}
| website      = {{URL|www.danielkeyesauthor.com}}
}}

'''Daniel Keyes''' (August 9, 1927 – June 15, 2014) was an American writer who wrote the novel ''[[Flowers for Algernon]]''. Keyes was given the [[Author Emeritus]] honor by the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] in 2000.<ref name="sfwa140617"/>