Dreamer is a novel written by Daniel Quinn in 1988.

Awake, Greg Donner falls in love with the beautiful red-headed Ginny Winters, a woman with a mysterious past.

Asleep, Greg dreams of pursuing Ginny through a terrifyingly deserted Chicago.

Awake, Richard Iles is confined to a sanatorium in Kentucky and trapped in a turbulent marriage to Ginny Winters.

Overall, Quinn regards this work as a love story that depicts certain components of his relationship with his own wife.