Daniel Myers

Dan has been involved in the publishing world for more than 25 years as a manuscript assessor, literary agent, novelist, and ghostwriter. He is the author of two novels; The Second Favorite Son (2004) and Corporate Blue (2007).

Contact Dan at DM.EditNZ@gmail.com

Genre:

  • Adult Fiction
  • Adult Non-Fiction
  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Fiction
  • Ghost Writing
  • Science Fiction
  • Thriller
  • Young Adult

Skills:

  • Editing
  • Ghost Writing
  • Manuscript Assessment
  • Mentoring
  • Novelist
  • Workshops (adults)

Branch:

Northland

Location:

Publications:

The Second Favorite Son

When Straughan Packard III dies suddenly, control of the family empire should have passed to his firstborn son; but since Junior’s mysterious disappearance, the job has fallen to the second son, the free-spirited and ill-prepared JD Packard. This is a world where the South has emerged victorious in the War Between the States, where plantations have evolved into corporate empires, the men who run them hold the reins of almost unlimited power, and history and tradition rule. And as JD Packard learns, once caught in a web of hostile corporate takeovers and forbidden love, it’s not easy changing the world. For Dexter Peebles, a private investigator and descendant of former Packard slaves, discovering the truth behind Junior’s disappearance means uncovering a past that is full of ghosts: it seems somebody is killing the Packards off, and has been for a long time. The Second Favorite Son unfolds two hundred years of the Packard family saga as the present becomes deeply entangled in the past. It is a story of the ties that bind and the kind of love only a truly eccentric family can understand.

Corporate Blue

Horace wrote that ‘poetry should delight and instruct.’ This admonition should apply to all writing, and we certainly find it in Daniel Myers’ second novel Corporate Blue. While one could easily be caught up in the page turning speed of the novel, it would be a disservice to the author to neglect its bombastic, comedic properties. Corporate Blue is very funny. So, flip the pages, enter the world of air traffic control, and laugh out loud. – Ben Greer, author of Murder in the Holy City and Slammer