Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson was born in 1975, Brandon Sanderson has written at least 158 books. Their most popular book is Mistborn: The Final Empire with 3214 saves with an average rating of 4.44⭐.

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Author Bio

Brandon Sanderson was born in December 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska. 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. This all changed in eighth grade when an astute teacher, Mrs. Reeder, gave Brandon Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly. Brandon thoroughly enjoyed this book, and went in search of anything similar. He discovered such authors as Robert Jordan, Melanie Rawn, David Eddings, Anne McCaffrey, and Orson Scott Card. Brandon continued to be an avid reader through junior high and high school. He liked epic fantasy so much that he even tried his hand at writing some. His first attempts, he says, were dreadful.

In 1994 Brandon enrolled at Brigham Young University as a biochemistry major. 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. 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. 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.

Brandon began writing in earnest, taking a job as the night desk clerk at a hotel because they allowed him to write while at work. 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. He says it made for a rather dismal social life, but he finished seven novels during his undergraduate years. Brandon submitted many manuscripts for publication . . . and accumulated quite a pile of rejection letters. In spite of this he continued to be a dedicated writer.

Volunteering for The Leading Edge, BYU’s science fiction/fantasy magazine, was a wonderful experience for Brandon. He read many submissions, formed some lifelong friendships, and served as Editor in Chief during his senior year.

Brandon learned much about the business side of being a writer by taking a class from David Farland, author of the popular Runelords series. One piece of advice Dave gave Brandon was to attend conventions, such as WorldCon and World Fantasy, in order to connect with industry professionals. Brandon and a small group of friends who were also aspiring writers began to do so. He eventually met both his current agent and one of his editors at conventions.

It was in 2003, while Brandon was in the middle of a graduate program at BYU, that he got a call from editor Moshe Feder at Tor, who wanted to buy one of Brandon’s books. Brandon had submitted the manuscript a year and a half earlier, and had almost given up on hearing anything, so he was surprised and delighted to receive the offer. In May 2005 Brandon held his first published novel,Elantris, in his hands. Over the next few years, Tor also published Brandon’s Mistborn trilogy, its followup The Alloy of Law, Warbreaker, and The Way of Kings, the first in a projected ten-volume series called The Stormlight Archive. The second book in the series, Words of Radiance, was released on March 4th, 2014. Other projects continue to be in the works.

In 2004 after graduating with his Master’s degree in creative writing from Brigham Young University, Brandon was asked to teach the class he had taken as an undergraduate student from Dave Farland. In spite of his busy schedule, Brandon continues to teach this one section of creative writing focused on science fiction and fantasy because he enjoys helping aspiring writers. It also gets him out of the house, he says. Additionally, along with Howard Tayler, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Dan Wells, he hosts the doubly Hugo-nominated writing advice podcast Writing Excuses, which has twice won a Parsec Award.

In July 2006 Brandon married Emily Bushman. Emily and Brandon ran in many of the same circles at BYU during their student days, since Emily majored in English as well. They never met, however, until a mutual friend set them up on a date in 2005. Emily had spent seven years as a teacher, but chose to quit with the birth of their first child in October 2007. Emily now works from home part time as Brandon’s business manager.

Brandon’s repertoire expanded into the children’s market when Scholastic published Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, a middle-grade novel, in October 2007. Nancy Pearl gave this book a very favorable review on National Public Radio, which pleased Sanderson fans. Three more volumes of the series have been released so far. Additionally, Brandon’s novella Infinity Blade: Awakening was an ebook bestseller for Epic Games accompanying their acclaimed Infinity Blade iOS video game series.

In December 2007 Brandon was chosen by Harriet McDougal Rigney to complete Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series after his untimely passing. 2009’s The Gathering Storm and 2010’s Towers of Midnight was followed by the final volume in the series, A Memory of Light, in January 2013.

The only author to make the short list for the David Gemmell Legend Award eight times in seven years, Brandon won that award in 2011 for The Way of Kings. He has also won the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice award for Best Epic Fantasy twice and has been nominated three other years. His novella The Emperor’s Soul won the Hugo Award in 2013. Brandon has been serving as a judge for Writers of the Future since 2016. He has hit the New York Times Best-Seller List fifteen times, most recently at #1 with Oathbringer, book three of The Stormlight Archive, which is also Audible’s most pre-ordered book of all time. DMG Entertainment optioned the rights to the Cosmere universe shared by his fantasy novels, and Fox acquired the Reckoners trilogy for Shawn Levy’s production company 21 Laps. Brandon’s books have been published in thirty-five languages.

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Mistborn: The Final Empire

Mistborn: The Final Empire
ByBrandon Sanderson

2006 • 3,214 Readers • 534 pages 4.4

The Well of Ascension

The Well of Ascension
ByBrandon Sanderson

2007 • 1,904 Readers • 624 pages 4.3

The Hero of Ages

The Hero of Ages
ByBrandon Sanderson

2008 • 1,752 Readers • 564 pages 4.6

Words of Radiance

Words of Radiance
ByBrandon Sanderson

2012 • 1,631 Readers • 1,328 pages 4.7

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Tress of the Emerald Sea
ByBrandon Sanderson

2023 • 1,604 Readers • 480 pages 4.5

Oathbringer

Oathbringer
ByBrandon Sanderson

2017 • 1,419 Readers • 1,243 pages 4.6

Elantris

Elantris
ByBrandon Sanderson

2005 • 1,380 Readers • 656 pages 4

Warbreaker

Warbreaker
ByBrandon Sanderson

2009 • 1,273 Readers • 688 pages 4.2

Rhythm of War

Rhythm of War
ByBrandon Sanderson

2020 • 1,220 Readers • 1,232 pages 4.6

The Alloy of Law

The Alloy of Law
ByBrandon Sanderson

2011 • 1,187 Readers • 351 pages 4.1

Skyward

Skyward
ByBrandon Sanderson

2018 • 1,028 Readers • 530 pages 4.4

Shadows of Self

Shadows of Self
ByBrandon Sanderson

2015 • 1,004 Readers • 386 pages 4.1

The Bands of Mourning

The Bands of Mourning
ByBrandon Sanderson

2013 • 950 Readers • 455 pages 4.3

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

2023 • 833 Readers • 480 pages 4.5

The Lost Metal

The Lost Metal
ByBrandon Sanderson

2022 • 829 Readers • 514 pages 4.4

Edgedancer

Edgedancer
ByBrandon Sanderson

2016 • 821 Readers • 272 pages 4

The Emperor's Soul

The Emperor's Soul
ByBrandon Sanderson

2012 • 763 Readers • 175 pages 4.4

Dawnshard

Dawnshard
ByBrandon Sanderson

2020 • 748 Readers • 171 pages 4.2

Steelheart

Steelheart
ByBrandon Sanderson

2001 • 720 Readers • 400 pages 4.1

The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

2003 • 659 Readers • 366 pages 3.7

The Sunlit Man

The Sunlit Man
ByBrandon Sanderson

2023 • 648 Readers • 447 pages 4.3

Starsight

Starsight
ByBrandon Sanderson

2019 • 582 Readers • 461 pages 4.2

The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm
ByBrandon Sanderson,Robert Jordan

2009 • 530 Readers • 1,098 pages 4.5

Mistborn: Secret History

Mistborn: Secret History
ByBrandon Sanderson

2016 • 523 Readers • 160 pages 4.2

A Memory of Light

A Memory of Light
ByBrandon Sanderson,Robert Jordan

2013 • 514 Readers • 909 pages 4.6

Towers of Midnight

Towers of Midnight
ByRobert Jordan,Brandon Sanderson

2010 • 512 Readers • 865 pages 4.5

Cytonic

Cytonic
ByBrandon Sanderson

2021 • 432 Readers • 415 pages 3.9

Wind and Truth

Wind and Truth
ByBrandon Sanderson

2024 • 420 Readers • 1,329 pages 4.6

Firefight

Firefight
ByBrandon Sanderson

2001 • 400 Readers • 332 pages 4.2

The Rithmatist

The Rithmatist
ByBrandon Sanderson

2013 • 375 Readers • 372 pages 4.3

Calamity

Calamity
ByBrandon Sanderson

2001 • 360 Readers • 432 pages 4

The Eleventh Metal

The Eleventh Metal
ByBrandon Sanderson

2012 • 336 Readers • 21 pages 3.6

Legion

Legion
ByBrandon Sanderson

2012 • 312 Readers • 88 pages 4

The Hope of Elantris

The Hope of Elantris
ByBrandon Sanderson

2006 • 304 Readers • 25 pages 3.4

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

2013 • 283 Readers • 89 pages 3.9

Defiant

Defiant
ByBrandon Sanderson

2023 • 280 Readers • 432 pages 4.3

Sixth of the Dusk

Sixth of the Dusk
ByBrandon Sanderson

2014 • 261 Readers • 90 pages 4

White Sand, Vol. 1

White Sand, Vol. 1
ByBrandon Sanderson,Rik Hoskin

2016 • 251 Readers • 160 pages 3.5

Sunreach

Sunreach
ByBrandon Sanderson,Janci Patterson

2021 • 226 Readers • 208 pages 4.1

Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania

2014 • 223 Readers • 40 pages 3.2

Mitosis

Mitosis
ByBrandon Sanderson

2013 • 219 Readers • 15 pages 3.7

ReDawn

ReDawn
ByBrandon Sanderson,Janci Patterson

2021 • 200 Readers • 208 pages 4.1

Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
ByBrandon Sanderson(Illustrations),Hayley Lazo(Illustrator)

2007 • 188 Readers • 320 pages 3.9

Evershore

Evershore
ByBrandon Sanderson,Janci Patterson

2021 • 186 Readers • 208 pages 4.3

White Sand, Vol. 2

White Sand, Vol. 2
ByBrandon Sanderson,Rik Hoskin

2018 • 167 Readers • 160 pages 3.4

The Way of Kings, Part 1

The Way of Kings, Part 1
ByBrandon Sanderson

2010 • 154 Readers • 594 pages 4.6

Perfect State

Perfect State
ByBrandon Sanderson

2015 • 141 Readers • 87 pages 4

White Sand, Vol. 3

White Sand, Vol. 3
ByBrandon Sanderson

2019 • 131 Readers 3.5

Snapshot

Snapshot
ByBrandon Sanderson

2017 • 129 Readers • 96 pages 4

Defending Elysium

Defending Elysium
ByBrandon Sanderson

2008 • 118 Readers • 78 pages 3.9

Awakening

Awakening
ByBrandon Sanderson

2011 • 109 Readers • 102 pages 3.7

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Nightblood
ByBrandon Sanderson

103 Readers

The Original

The Original
ByBrandon Sanderson,Mary Robinette Kowal

2020 • 98 Readers • 3h 30m 3.8

The Scrivener's Bones

The Scrivener's Bones
ByBrandon Sanderson

2008 • 95 Readers • 322 pages 4.2

The Knights of Crystallia

The Knights of Crystallia
ByBrandon Sanderson

2009 • 88 Readers • 299 pages 4

The Shattered Lens

The Shattered Lens
ByBrandon Sanderson

2010 • 84 Readers • 294 pages 4

Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians

Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians
ByBrandon Sanderson,Janci Patterson

2022 • 78 Readers • 272 pages 3.9

Firstborn

Firstborn
ByBrandon Sanderson

2008 • 71 Readers • 32 pages 3.9

The Dark Talent

The Dark Talent
ByBrandon Sanderson

2016 • 68 Readers • 304 pages 4.1

Lies of the Beholder

Lies of the Beholder
ByBrandon Sanderson

1999 • 67 Readers • 128 pages 3.9

Dark One, Vol. 1

Dark One, Vol. 1
ByBrandon Sanderson,Jackson Lanzing,+1 more

2020 • 67 Readers • 224 pages 3.4

Lux

Lux
ByBrandon Sanderson,Steven Bohls

2021 • 61 Readers 3.8

Long Chills and Case Dough

Long Chills and Case Dough
ByBrandon Sanderson

2023 • 59 Readers • 64 pages 3.5

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Available January 1, 2031 • 55 Readers

Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy

Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy
ByMegan Lindholm,John Gwynne,+28 more

2016 • 54 Readers • 768 pages 4.1

Redemption

Redemption
ByBrandon Sanderson

2005 • 54 Readers • 200 pages 3.2

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Available January 1, 2032 • 50 Readers

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The Aztlanian
ByBrandon Sanderson

48 Readers

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Available January 1, 2034 • 48 Readers

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Available January 1, 2035 • 48 Readers

The Way of Kings Prime

The Way of Kings Prime
ByBrandon Sanderson

2020 • 48 Readers • 803 pages 3.8

The Most Boring Book Ever

The Most Boring Book Ever
ByBrandon Sanderson

2024 • 42 Readers • 48 pages 3.6

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Untitled Elantris, Vol. 3
ByBrandon Sanderson

37 Readers

Children of the Nameless

Children of the Nameless
ByBrandon Sanderson

2018 • 36 Readers • 217 pages 3.8

Isles of the Emberdark

Isles of the Emberdark
ByBrandon Sanderson

33 Readers

By Grace and Banners Fallen: Prologue to A Memory of Light

2012 • 29 Readers • 74 pages 4.5

Dark One: Forgotten

Dark One: Forgotten
ByBrandon Sanderson,Dan Wells

2023 • 27 Readers • 6h 33m 3.8

Epic: Legends of Fantasy

Epic: Legends of Fantasy
ByPaolo Bacigalupi,Aliette de Bodard,+15 more

2010 • 24 Readers • 608 pages 3.7

Stephen Leeds: Death and Faxes

Stephen Leeds: Death and Faxes
ByBrandon Sanderson,Max Epstein,+2 more

23 Readers 3.6

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Untitled Elantris, Vol. 2
ByBrandon Sanderson

22 Readers

Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology

Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology
ByBrandon Sanderson,Dan Wells,+2 more

2014 • 20 Readers • 367 pages 4.3

Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds

2018 • 20 Readers • 353 pages 3.4

Dragonsteel Prime

Dragonsteel Prime
ByBrandon Sanderson

2001 • 20 Readers • 619 pages 3.3

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16 Readers 4

Dreamer

Dreamer
ByBrandon Sanderson

2014 • 16 Readers • 21 pages 3.7

The Way of Kings, Part 2

The Way of Kings, Part 2
ByBrandon Sanderson

2010 • 15 Readers • 530 pages 4.8

I Hate Dragons

I Hate Dragons
ByBrandon Sanderson

2010 • 14 Readers • 36 pages 3.7

White Sand

White Sand
ByBrandon Sanderson

2019 • 14 Readers 3.7

Hyperthief

Hyperthief
ByBrandon Sanderson,Janci Patterson

2023 • 13 Readers • 18 pages 3.8

Unfettered

Unfettered
ByShawn Speakman(Editor),Robert Jordan(Contributor)

2013 • 13 Readers • 449 pages 4

The Apocalypse Guard

The Apocalypse Guard
ByBrandon Sanderson

12 Readers

The Stormlight Archive - A Pocket Companion to The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance

2016 • 12 Readers • 30 pages 3.8

River of Souls

River of Souls
ByRobert Jordan,Brandon Sanderson

2013 • 10 Readers • 17 pages 4.5

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Horneater
ByBrandon Sanderson

10 Readers

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Available January 1, 2033 • 10 Readers

The Complete Wheel of Time

The Complete Wheel of Time
ByRobert Jordan,Brandon Sanderson

2022 • 9 Readers • 18,831 pages 4.3

Creative Writing Course

Creative Writing Course
ByBrandon Sanderson,Manuel Viciano Delibano(Translator)

2022 • 9 Readers • 336 pages 4

Aether of Night

Aether of Night
ByBrandon Sanderson

2002 • 9 Readers • 764 pages 3.8

Firstborn / Defending Elysium

2013 • 9 Readers • 160 pages 4

The Final Empire, Part 1

The Final Empire, Part 1
ByBrandon Sanderson

2006 • 8 Readers 4.7