Daedalus Howell (born July 19, 1972 in Sonoma County, California) is an American writer, filmmaker and media personality. He wrote a weekly column for the Sonoma Index-Tribune, contributes to the North Bay Bohemian and is the author of the novel "Quantum Deadline" and the collected essays "I Heart Sonoma: How to Live & Drink in Wine Country." Since June 2013 he is the executive director of media non-profit, CMedia. He currently lives and works in Petaluma, California.
Howell is author of the novel Quantum Deadline, part one of the Lumaville Labyrinth series.
He also wrote the novel The Late Projectionist and is the writer-director of dozens of short films. As a journalist, he has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, the North Bay Bohemian, the Petaluma Argus-Courier, Los Angeles Downtown News, FineLife Sonoma Magazine (for which he was editor) and the Sonoma Valley Sun. As a broadcast personality, Howell has hosted shows on KWMR (West Marin Coastal Radio) and KSVY (Sonoma, CA) and guest hosts The Drive on KSRO in Sonoma County. He wrote a weekly column for the Sonoma Index-Tribune. He has also penned a media column for the North Bay Bohemian and was credited as the "wine country editor" of Tasting Panel Magazine.