Daniel Roberts is a native New Yorker who attended the University of Pennsylvania, where the seeds were planted for his debut novel, Bar Maid. Roberts is the author of the plays Haunted House, which the New York Times called "Sparklingly original with characters that stick," and Brando, of which Time Out New York wrote: "An impressive piece of writing, recalling Edward Albee or John Guare." He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.