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Brandon Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) 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.

Sanderson was married on July 7, 2006. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a missionary in Seoul, Korea.

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, will be split into three volumes. The first, The Gathering Storm, was released on October 27, 2009, and Towers of Midnight was released on November 2, 2010, with the remaining novel, named A Memory of Light, following in January 2013.

He is a participant in the weekly podcast Writing Excuses with authors Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, and webcartoonist Howard Tayler.

Bibliography

Short works

• Firstborn (2008)
• Defending Elysium (2008)
• Infinity Blade: Awakening (novella) (2011)
• Legion (novella) (forthcoming 2012)

Stand-alone novels

• Elantris (2005, ISBN 978-0-7653-5037-4)
• Warbreaker (2009, ISBN 978-0-7653-2030-8) - 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. Older drafts of the various chapters are also available.
• The Rithmatist (Formerly, Scribbler)(Forthcoming 2012)

Alcatraz

• Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (2007, ISBN 978-0-439-92552-5)
• Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones (2008, ISBN 978-0-439-92554-9)
• Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia (2009, ISBN 978-0-439-92555-6)
• Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens (2010, ISBN 978-0-439-92557-0)

Mistborn

• Mistborn: The Final Empire (2006, ISBN 978-0-7653-5038-1)
• Mistborn: The Well of Ascension (2007, ISBN 978-0-7653-5613-0)
• Mistborn: The Hero of Ages (2008, ISBN 978-0-7653-5614-7)
• Mistborn: The Alloy of Law (2011, ISBN 978-0-7653-3042-0)

The Stormlight Archive

• The Way of Kings (2010, ISBN 978-0-7653-2635-5)
• Stormlight 2 (untitled)

The Wheel of Time

The books below are the final books of the Wheel of Time series originally written by James Oliver Rigney (aka Robert Jordan), who died from a terminal heart disease before being able to finish his series. Brandon Sanderson was chosen by the widow of the original author to finish the series according to the notes left behind by her husband.

• The Gathering Storm (2009, ISBN 978-0-7653-0230-4)
• Towers of Midnight (2010, ISBN 978-0-7653-2594-5)
• A Memory of Light (forthcoming January 8, 2013)

See also

• Sanderson's First Law
• Writing Excuses

References

External links

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Brandon Sanderson

• Sanderson's personal website
• Writing Excuses - Brandon's writing podcast
• Interview with Brandon for SciFi.bg
• 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.