VJ Books Presents Author Brandon Sanderson!
 Brandon Sanderson was born in 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska. His interest in reading faltered as a child, but one of his teachers rekindled it by introducing him to epic fantasy. After high school, Sanderson began studying Biochemistry at Brigham Young University. He took a break from his studies to serve as a missionary in South Korea, and while on this hiatus, realized that writing, not chemistry, was where his true passion lay. When he returned, he took up English and Creative Writing instead.
Just during his undergraduate degree, Sanderson wrote no less than 7 complete manuscripts and volunteered for The Leading Edge, BYU’s science fiction/fantasy magazine. Despite his growing collection of rejection letters from publishers, he continued writing his way through his masters, and during this time managed to sell his debut novel, Elantris (2005).
After graduating, Sanderson started teaching Creative Writing at his alma mater. A few years later, he married his wife, Emily, and a year later they welcomed their first child into the world. These days, she works from home as Sanderson's business manager, and he writes full time, but he still finds the time to teach Creative Writing once a year at BYU.
Sanderson is best known for his Mistborn series, and the other books set in the Cosmere universe. He also had the privilege of completing Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series after Jordan's death in 2007. Six of his books have climbed onto the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best-Seller List, and have been nominated and shortlisted for a plethora of fiction awards. You can find Brandon Sanderson signed books below this author biography.
Sanderson lives with his wife and their three children in American Fork, Utah.
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Brandon Sanderson Bibliography
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians Series
- Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians - 2016
- Alcatraz Versus The Scrivener's Bones - 2016
- Alcatraz Versus The Knights of Crystallia - 2016
- Alcatraz Versus The Shattered Lens - 2016
- Alcatraz Versus the Dark Talent - 2016
Legion Series
- Legions - 2012
- Skin Deep - 2014
- Legion: Lies of the Beholder - 2018 (UK), 2018 (US)
- Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds - 2018
Mistborn Series
Original Trilogy
- The Final Empire - 2006
- The Well of Ascension - 2008 (US); 2017 (UK)
- The Hero of Ages - 2008
- The Alloy of Law - 2011
- Shadows of Self - 2015
- Shadows of Self - 2015
- Bands of Mourning - 2016
- Mistborn: Secret History - 2016 (novella)
- The Eleventh Metal - Fall 2019
Reckoners Series
- Steelheart - 2013
- Mitosis - 2013 (short story)
- Firefight - 2015
- Calamity - 2016
Rithmatist Series
- The Rithmatist - 2013
The Stormlight Archive
- The Way of Kings - 2010
- Words of Radiance - 2014
- Oathbringer - 2017
- Rhythm of War - 2020
- Edgedancer - 2017 (2.5)
- Arcanum Unbounded - 2016 (2.5)
- Dawnshard - 2020 (3.5) (UK & Hardcover 2022)
The Wheel of Time
- The Gathering Storm - 2009
- Tower of Midnight - 2010
- A Memory of Light - 2013
Skyward Series
- Skyward - 2018
- Starsight - 2019
- Cytronic - 2021
Skyward Flight Series
- Sunreach - 2021
- ReDawn - 2021
- Evershore - 2021
- Skyward Flight: The Collection - 2022 (1-3)
Stand-Alone Novels
- Elantris - 2005
- Warbreaker - 2009
Graphic Novels
- Dark One: Volume 1 - May 2021 (with Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing)
Short Works
- Firstborn - 2008
- Defending Elysium - 2008
- Infinity Blade: Awakening - 2011
- Infinity Blade: Redemption - 2013
- The Emperor's Soul - 2012
- Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell - 2013
- Mistborn: Secret History (A companion story to the original Mistborn trilogy and can be read in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection) - 2016
- Edgedancer - 2017 (US), 2018 (UK) (special gift edition of Edgedancer, a short novel of the Stormlight Archive, previously published in Arcanum Unbounded)
Collections
Brandon Sanderson Awards
- 2005 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Best Book Award, Best Epic Fantasy Novel Award for Elantris
- 2007 UPC Science Fiction Award for Defending Elysium
- 2008 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Best Book Award, Best Epic Fantasy Novel Award for The Hero of Ages
- 2008 Whitney Awards - Best Speculative Fiction Award for The Hero of Ages
- 2010 Whitney Awards - Best Speculative Fiction Award for The Way of Kings
- 2010 Whitney Awards - Best Novel of the Year Award for The Way of Kings
- 2011 David Gemmell Legend Award for The Way of Kings
- 2011 Whitney Awards - Best Speculative Fiction Award for The Alloy of Law
- 2013 Hugo Award - Best Novella for The Emperor's Soul
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