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Daniel Maldonado’s parents were born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and later
emigrated to New York and then California in the late 1940s. Daniel Maldonado
was raised in Los Angeles, California and is currently living in Arizona.
He graduated as the valedictorian from Lynwood High School in 1983. He attended
UCLA for undergraduate school and obtained a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace
Engineering. He interned at Hughes Aircraft in El Segundo, California. He also
interned at Rockwell International in their Space Shuttle Main Engines program.
He then decided to pursue a law career in Phoenix, Arizona. He graduated cum
laude from the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law with
various other awards. For over twenty years, he has practiced insurance coverage
and employment law. He was a former partner at the boutique law firm of Kunz,
Plitt, Hyland and Demlong. He still currently practices law with the national
law firm Resnick and Louis, P.C.
He has published various legal treatises and law review articles. Since 2003, He
has been an author/co-editor of Couch on Insurance, which is a multi-volume
treatise on insurance law published by Thompson Reuters. He has been a
speaker/presenter at various employment law and insurance law conferences
throughout the country. He currently resides in Gilbert, Arizona in a mixed
suburb/rural area. He enjoys reading literary works, attending Broadway plays,
traveling internationally (including his native Puerto Rico), and attending
museums. He also enjoys swimming during the hot Arizona summers and cooking
exotic and strange dishes.
He began writing and self-publishing in 2011 with a compilation of short stories
entitled “The Palace of Winds and Other Short Stories.” Since then, he has
published two novellas and another compilation of short stories. He writes
literary dramas and romance from a male perspective. His main series the
“Chambers Lane” series addresses social/cultural/religious struggles, which are
primarily focused on the fictional Mendoza family living in the United States.
The first book of the series – “From the Streets of Chambers Lane” was
self-published in January 2017. The second book of the series – “When Dreams
Abound: A Return to Chambers Lane” – was self-published in February 2017.
In January of 2018, he signed with Next Chapter Publishing (formerly Creativia
Publishing). They re-released "From the Streets of Chambers Lane” and "When
Dreams Abound: A Return to Chambers Lane" and in early 2019 published the third
installment of the "Chambers Lane" series entitled "The Prodigal Son From
Chambers Lane." Mr. Maldonado published the fourth installment of the series
entitled “Butterflies Blue: An Interlude in San Juan, Puerto Rico” which is a
romance novel involving tragic life circumstances. In 2020, Mr. Maldonado
published the first book in his legal thriller series, Daniel Mendoza Thriller
Series, entitled May It Please the Court. In 2021, Mr. Maldonado published the
second book of the series, The Fleeing Felon. Next in the thrillers series is
the book entitled, The Mendoza Memo which was published in June 2022.
The fourth book in the series entitled, Where Darkness Resides, was published in 2023. Mr. Maldonado published the fifth book in the series entitled, Island Brothers, in early 2024. In 2024, he wrote Sandstorm Rising which is the first book in the Pamela Williams Mysteries Series. In 2025, he wrote the sixth novel in the Daniel Mendoza Thrillers series entitled Amnesia. He is currently writing the second novel in the spin-off series, Less Than Equal (Pamela Williams Mysteries, Book 2). It should be available in 2026.
His novels have ranked #1 in various genres in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia including legal thrillers, private investigatory mysteries, and Hispanic literature. His novel, Island Brothers, ranked #19 in Best Selling Newly Released Legal Thrillers in 2024 and Sandstorm Rising ranked #14 in Best Selling Newly Release Legal Thrillers in 2024.
Mr. Maldonado is also interested in writing a sci-fi series. His books are
available in e-book, paperback, hardcover, and audiobook.
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