Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson | |
|---|---|
 Sanderson at CONduit 17. | |
| Occupation | writer, creative writing instructor |
| Nationality | USA |
| Genre | Fantasy |
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| http://www.brandonsanderson.com | |
Brandon Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) is an American fantasy author. A Nebraska native,[1][2] he currently resides in American Fork, Utah. He earned his Master's degree in Creative Writing in 2005 from Brigham Young University,[3] where he was on the staff of Leading Edge, a semi-professional speculative fiction magazine published by the university. He was a college roommate of Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings.[4] He became interested in fantasy after reading Dragonbane by David Gemmell.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).[5]
Sanderson was married on July 7, 2006.[6] He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[2] and served as a missionary in Seoul, Korea.[7]
After Robert Jordan's death, Brandon Sanderson was selected by Harriet McDougal (Robert Jordan's widow), to complete the final book in Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. Harriet asked him to complete the series after being deeply impressed by Mistborn: The Final Empire.[8] Tor Books made the announcement December 7, 2007.[9] On March 30, 2009 it was announced that A Memory of Light, originally slated to be the final book in the Wheel of Time series, will be split into three volumes. The first, The Gathering Storm, was released on October 27, 2009,[10] and Towers of Midnight was released on November 2, 2010, with the remaining novel, named A Memory of Light, tentatively following in November 2012.[11]
He is a participant in the weekly podcast Writing Excuses with authors Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, and webcartoonist Howard Tayler.
Bibliography
Short Stories
- Firstborn (2008)
- Defending Elysium (2008)
Stand-alone novels
- Elantris (2005, ISBN 0765311771)
- Warbreaker (2009, ISBN 978-0-7653-20308) - Warbreaker was published in hardcover format in June 2009 by Tor/St. Martin's Press/Macmillan USA. Sanderson released several rewrites of this title under a Creative Commons license, one chapter at a time.[12] Older drafts of the various chapters are also available.
- The Rithmatist (Formerly, Scribbler)(Forthcoming 2012)[13]
Alcatraz
- Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (2007, ISBN 978-0439925525)
- Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones (2008, ISBN 978-0439925549)
- Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia (2009, ISBN 978-0439925556)
- Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens (1 December 2010, ISBN 978-0439925570)
Mistborn
- Mistborn: The Final Empire (2006, ISBN 076531178X)
- Mistborn: The Well of Ascension (2007, ISBN 0765316889)
- Mistborn: The Hero of Ages (2008, ISBN 978-0765356147)
- Mistborn: The Alloy of Law[14] (forthcoming 2011[15][16])
The Wheel of Time
- The Gathering Storm (2009, ISBN 978-0765302304)
- Towers of Midnight (2 November 2010, ISBN 978-0765325945)[17][18]
- A Memory of Light (forthcoming 2012)[19]
The Stormlight Archive
- The Way of Kings (31 August 2010, ISBN 978-0765326355)[1][17][20]
- The Highprince of War[21] (former title[22])
See Also
References
- ^ a b "Profile for Brandon Sanderson". Writertopia. Retrieved 2006-08-10.
- ^ a b "Famous Mormon Writers and Authors". Archived from the original on 2006-08-15. Retrieved 2006-08-10.
- ^ "Winter 2006 Alumni Profiles Update". BYU Magazine. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
- ^ "http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=662". 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ^ Wenger, Kaimi (2007-06-11). "MWS: Brandon Sanderson". Times & Seasons. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
- ^ "Newsletter, July 2006". Retrieved 2006-08-10.
- ^ "Brandon Sanderson: About". Retrieved 2011-06-01.
- ^ An interview with Brandon Sanderson - December 8, 2007
- ^ "Tor announces that the final novel in bestselling Robert Jordan's legendary Wheel of Time fantasy series will be completed by author Brandon Sanderson". Tor-Forge.com. 2007-12-07. Archived from the original on 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
- ^ "The Gathering Storm coming sooner than expected". Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- ^ "Brandon Sanders: Splitting AMOL date". Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ^ "Warbreaker". BrandonSanderson.com. Retrieved 2006-08-10.
- ^ "Tweets December 2–13". BrandonSanderson.com. Retrieved 2010-12-24.
- ^ "Tweets November 12–19." Brandonsanderson.com, 19 Nov., 2010. 20 Nov., 2010 [1].
- ^ "Tweets November 5–11 part 2." Brandonsanderson.com, 11 Nov., 2010. 20 Nov., 2010 [2].
- ^ "Tor announces acquisitions of two new novels by Brandon Sanderson" torforge.wordpress.com, 2 Dec., 2010 [3]
- ^ a b "Another Long-Winded Explanation of Various Things". BrandonSanderson.com. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
- ^ "Tor Fall 2010 Hardcovers and Trade Paperbacks" (PDF).
- ^ "Recap of JordanCon (AKA: Adventures at Rand Al'Con)". Richard Fife. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- ^ http://www.brandonsanderson.com/blog/803/DONE
- ^ "The Brandon Sanderson Interview: A StompingMad YetiHatter Collaboration - Part 2 of 2 ~ Mad Hatter's Bookshelf & Book Review".
- ^ "Brandon Sanderson Blog: Another Long and Rambling Post on Future Books". Retrieved 2010-12-04.
External links
- Sanderson's personal website currently having issues with expired hosting (1st of May 2011)
- Writing Excuses - Brandon's writing podcast
- Interview with Brandon on Mad Hatter's Bookshelf and Book Review
- Brandon Sanderson Talks to AMCtv.com About The Wheel of Time
- Brandon Sanderson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Video Interview with Brandon Sanderson at BSCreview
- Fan-made wiki for all of Brandon's Sanderson's books.