Daniel Delambre

Daniel Delambre (August 13, 1937-March 8?, 1968) is a central character in several works in author Lela Richmond's Delambre Universe.

Early Life
Born in Faircliff, Maine, Daniel was the son of Adam Delambre (then head of the family and master of the Fairview Estate) and Natalia Simone-Delambre. A younger sister, Francine, was born in 1939. Adam and Natalia divorced in 1942, and Daniel and his younger sister were raised alongside their maternal cousins in California. Despite Adam's offers to pay for private schools for the children, Daniel and his sister Alice were sent to ordinary public schools and raised without many special privileges.

Writing Career
In 1958 Daniel dropped out of the University of Southern California and began writing, following a passion he had held secretly since early childhood. He sold pieces to several small magazines and published a collection of short stories and poems in 1963.

New York
In 1965, after a trip to France, Daniel settled for a time in New York City. There he reconnected with a cousin, actor Jamie Delambre, whom he had not seen in some time. Jamie, who had recently joined the cast of the soap opera Anderton Falls, introduced Daniel to Samantha Bayer, an actress who had been appearing on the show since its 1963 premiere. Daniel and Samantha began dating, and in October of 1966, they married.

Return to Faircliff
In the spring of 1967, Daniel received the news that his father had passed away and that he was now the master of the Delambre fortune, estate, and business holdings. He and Samantha moved to Faircliff and settled in at Fairview Estate. Their son, Alan, was born and died there in October, 1967. It was around that time that most who knew Daniel noticed a severe and frightening change in his mental state.