Daniel Orozco is an American writer of fiction known primarily for his short stories.
[4] Orozco's best-known short story is "Orientation",[5] which originally appeared in The Seattle Review and has subsequently been included in The Best American Short Stories 1995, and presented in audio form on National Public Radio.
[7] Orozco was born in 1957 in Daly City, California, the son of Nicaraguan immigrants.
He was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area up until his 30s, during which time he attended Stanford University, afterward working as an office assistant.
[4][6] In 1992, he attended the University of Washington in Seattle for an MFA program,[4] which he completed in 1994.