Daniel is a writer and an educator based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He received a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction from the University of Washington (UW), Seattle, where he also taught creative writing. He now teaches writing at Emerson College in Limburg and is the founder and a teacher here at Honing House.

Daniel's work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Rumpus, The Heavy Feather Review, The LA Review of Books, Barrelhouse, The Plant, and The Stranger, among others. His novel The Factory of Russian Dolls was long-listed for the Dzanc Fiction Prize and short-listed for the Yes Yes Book Fiction Prize, and his work has been nominated for a Pushcart and received the support of several residencies.