Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson (born December 19, 1975, middle name Winn) is an American fantasy author. A Nebraska native, he currently resides in American Fork, Utah. He earned his Master's degree in Creative Writing in 2005 from Brigham Young University, 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. He has been nominated twice for the John W. Campbell Award, losing in 2006 to his nemesis John Scalzi.

Sanderson married on July 7, 2006 and is a member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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. Tor Books made the announcement December 7, 2007. 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, would be split into three volumes. The first, The Gathering Storm, was released on October 27, 2009, with the remaining novels, named Towers of Midnight and A Memory of Light, tentatively following in November 2010 and November 2011.

Bibliography

A Complete bibliography of Brandon Sanderson works can be found here. Among his works are

• The Stormlight Archive a planned ten-novel epic fantasy series.
• Mistborn fantasy trilogy.
• Alcatraz young adult novels.

External links

• Sanderson's personal website
• Writing Excuses - Brandon's writing podcast
• Interview with Brandon Sanderson on the BookBanter podcast
• Brandon Sanderson Talks to AMCtv.com About The Wheel of Time
• Video Interview with Brandon Sanderson at BSCreview

Notes

Published works of Brandon Sanderson
The Stormlight Archive	The Way of Kings · Words of Radiance · Stones Unhallowed · The Highprince of War
Mistborn	The Final Empire · The Well of Ascension · The Hero of Ages The Alloy of Law · Shadows of Self Mistborn Adventure Game‎‎ · A House of Ashes · The Eleventh Metal
Cosmere Stories	Elantris (The Hope of Elantris) · Warbreaker (Nightblood) The Emperor's Soul
Alcatraz	Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians · Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones · Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia · Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens
The Wheel of Time	The Gathering Storm · Towers of Midnight · A Memory of Light (River of Souls)
Other Stories	Defending Elysium · Firstborn · Infinity Blade: Awakening · Legion · The Rithmatist · Steelheart
Other	Bibliography · Electronic works · People

Out of Universe
People	Brandon Sanderson · Peter Ahlstrom · Moshe Feder · Joshua Bilmes · Isaac Stewart · Ben McSweeney · Michael Whelan
Other	17th Shard · Theoryland Interview Database · RAFO · Sanderson's Laws of Magic