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He read many submissions, formed some lifelong friendships, and served as Editor in Chief during his senior year.īrandon learned much about the business side of being a writer by taking a class from David Farland, author of the popular Runelords series. Volunteering for The Leading Edge, BYU’s science fiction/fantasy magazine, was a wonderful experience for Brandon. In spite of this he continued to be a dedicated writer. and accumulated quite a pile of rejection letters. Brandon submitted many manuscripts for publication . . . He says it made for a rather dismal social life, but he finished seven novels during his undergraduate years.
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During this era he went to school full time during the day, worked nights to pay for his schooling, and wrote as much as he could. Upon his return to BYU, Brandon became an English major, much to the dismay of his mother, who had always hoped he would become a doctor.īrandon began writing in earnest, taking a job as the night desk clerk at a hotel because they allowed him to write while at work. Brandon often says that it was during this time in Seoul, Korea that he realized that he didn’t miss chemistry one bit, but he did miss writing. From 1995 to 1997 he took time away from his studies to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1994 Brandon enrolled at Brigham Young University as a biochemistry major. His first attempts, he says, were dreadful. He liked epic fantasy so much that he even tried his hand at writing some. Brandon continued to be an avid reader through junior high and high school. He discovered such authors as Robert Jordan, Melanie Rawn, David Eddings, Anne McCaffrey, and Orson Scott Card. Brandon thoroughly enjoyed this book, and went in search of anything similar. Reader, gave Brandon Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly. This all changed in eighth grade when an astute teacher, Mrs.
Brandon sanderson books by year cracked#
As a child Brandon enjoyed reading, but he lost interest in the types of titles often suggested for him, and by junior high he never cracked a book if he could help it. Sample chapters from all of my books are available at -and check out the rest of my site for chapter-by-chapter annotations, deleted scenes, and more.Brandon Sanderson was born in December 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska. I was also honored to be able to complete the final three volumes of The Wheel of Time, beginning with The Gathering Storm, using Robert Jordan's notes. If you're already a fan of big fat fantasies, you can jump right into The Way of Kings. The Final Empire), Skyward, Steelheart, The Emperor's Soul, and Alcatraz vs.
Good starting places are Mistborn (a.k.a. These include the Legion series, as well as Perfect State and Snapshot.
Many of my adult readers enjoy all of those books as well, and many of my YA readers enjoy my adult books, usually starting with Mistborn.Īdditionally, I have a few other novellas that are more on the thriller/sci-fi side.
Brandon sanderson books by year series#
For young readers I also have my humorous series Alcatraz vs. I also have three YA series: The Rithmatist (currently at one book), The Reckoners (a trilogy beginning with Steelheart), and Skyward. If you've read all of my adult fantasy novels and want to see some behind-the-scenes information, that collection is a must-read. In November 2016 all of the existing Cosmere short fiction including those novellas was released in one volume called Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection.
This includes The Stormlight Archive, both Mistborn series, Elantris, Warbreaker, and various novellas available on Amazon, including The Emperor's Soul, which won a Hugo Award in 2013. Most readers have noticed that my adult fantasy novels are in a connected universe, called the Cosmere. Also out that year was the final volume of the Stephen Leeds saga, Legion: Lies of the Beholder, which was also published in an omnibus edition, Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds, that includes all three volumes. The follow-up, Starsight, was released December 2019. November 2018 marked the release of Skyward, the first book in a new YA quartet about a girl who dreams of becoming a pilot in a dangerous world under alien attack. This series is my love letter to the epic fantasy genre, and it's the type of story I always dreamed epic fantasy could be.
Brandon sanderson books by year archive#
In November 2020 we saw the release of Rhythm of War-the fourth massive book in the New York Times #1 bestselling Stormlight Archive series that began with The Way of Kings-and Dawnshard (book 3.5), a novella set in the same world that bridges the gaps between the main releases. I'm Brandon Sanderson, and I write stories of the fantastic: fantasy, science fiction, and thrillers.