Daniel P. Coughlin

After graduating high school Daniel P. Coughlin joined the United States Marine Corps and served four and half years as an infantry Machine-gunner in an Amphibious Raider Unit (Fox 2/4). After being Honorably discharged, Daniel attended and graduated from California State University at Long Beach where he studied screenwriting under the mentorship of acclaimed writer Brian Alan Lane (Star Trek Next Generation, Remington Steele, Moon Lighting) and also interned as a script analyst for his favorite director, Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street). Daniel is the screenwriter of three commercially successful films: Lake Dead, which was selected as one of After Dark Film's 8 Films to Die For, Farmhouse, starring A-List film and television star Steven Weber and Ditch Day Massacre (starring Bill Oberst Jr.). Daniel is the author of six novels and an anthology of short fiction. He's sold numerous short stories to such publications as 18 Wheels of Horror, Hell Comes to Hollywood 2, Strange Tales of Horror, Macabre Cadaver magazine, and Dark Gothic Resurrected magazine. Daniel is a proud member of the Horror Writer's Association (Los Angeles chapter). He holds a professional certificate in Technical Writing from Cal State Dominguez Hills and a master’s degree in creative writing from Full Sail University.