<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	<author id="1254945">
  <name><![CDATA[Daniel Clausen]]></name>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1254945.Daniel_Clausen]]></link>
  <fans-count type="integer">10</fans-count>
  <followers-count type="integer">8</followers-count>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1243793286p5/1254945.jpg</image_url>
  <about><![CDATA[Daniel has wanted to be a writer ever since he was in elementary school.

He has published stories and articles in such magazines as Slipstream, Black Petals, and Leading Edge Science Fiction. He has written two books, The Sage and the Scarecrow (a novel), and the Lexical Funk (a short story/word dance), and is currently working on a third: The Ghosts of Nagasaki (a novel).

He is a graduate from the University of Miami (Cum Laude) with a degree in English and American Studies. In addition, he has completed graduate course work in International Relations and public policy. He also enjoys reading and speaking Japanese in his free time.

His work experience includes time as a construction worker, coffee-shop clerk, gym-monkey, and a living assistant for physically and mentally disabled individuals. He has also spent over three years as an ESL teacher in Japan.

]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Haruki Murakami, Douglas Adams, Toni Morrison, J.D. Salinger, the music of Weezer, Nick Drake, Michael Nyman]]></influences>    <hometown>Miami</hometown>  <born_at>12/08/1981</born_at>    
  
  
  <books>
        <book id="2927664">
  <id>2927664</id>
  <title><![CDATA[The Lexical Funk]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Daniel Clausen]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1254945.Daniel_Clausen]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>19</ratings_count>
  <published>2008</published>  
  
</book>
        <book id="2897961">
  <id>2897961</id>
  <title><![CDATA[The Sage and the Scarecrow]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Daniel Clausen]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1254945.Daniel_Clausen]]></link>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <published>2003</published>  
  
</book>
      </books>
</author>
</GoodreadsResponse>