Daniel Nayeri was born in Iran to a family of doctors and poets. His family fled due to religious persecution, and spent many years in Europe. He is now a writer and editor in New York City.

He wrote and produced, "The Cult of Sincerity," the first feature film to be world premiered by YouTube.

He has had all kinds of jobs around books, including book repairman, literary agent, children's librarian, Official Story-Time Reader Leader, editor, copy editor, and even carpenter (making bookshelves).

He's also a professional pastry chef. He loves Street Fighter 2, hates the word "foodie," and is an award-winning stuntman. 

He and his sister, Dina Nayeri, co-authored a series of young adult fiction for Candlewick Press in which classic works are re-imagined with attention-grabbing plots and visual themes. 

The first of these novels, ANOTHER FAUST, is scheduled to be published by Candlewick in 2009.