--- title: Daniel José Older | TIME description: Daniel José Older is the New York Times bestselling author of the Middle Grade historical fantasy series Dactyl Hill Squad, the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series, Star Wars: Last Shot, and the award-winning young-adult series The Shadowshaper Cypher, which won the International Latino Book Award. canonical: https://time.com/author/daniel-jose-older/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/daniel-jose-older/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Daniel José Older ## Daniel José Older Daniel José Older is the New York _Times_ bestselling author of the Middle Grade historical fantasy series _Dactyl Hill Squad_, the _Bone Street Rumba_ urban fantasy series, _Star Wars: Last Shot_, and the award-winning young-adult series _The Shadowshaper Cypher,_ which won the International Latino Book Award. ## Daniel José Older *  Feb 14, 2019 ### [I Rejected Spanish As a Kid. Now I Wish We’d Embrace Our Native Languages](https://time.com/5528434/daniel-jose-older-spanish/) The U.S. has never been a monolingual country, writes author Daniel José Older in 'The Good Immigran... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-jose-older/","name":"Daniel José Older"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-jose-older/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-jose-older/"},"name":"Daniel José Older","jobTitle":null,"description":"Daniel José Older is the New York Times bestselling author of the Middle Grade historical fantasy series Dactyl Hill Squad, the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series, Star Wars: Last Shot, and the award-winning young-adult series The Shadowshaper Cypher, which won the International Latino Book Award.","url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-jose-older/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```