Daniel Hood is an American writer of fantasy novels.
He was born in Pelham, a small town just north of the Bronx. He wrote his first book in 1991, which was published in 1994.
These are mostly mysteries in a fantasy setting, in which the main character, Liam Rhenford, is assisted by the dragon Fanuilh, formerly the familiar of the wizard who was the murder victim in his first "case".