Brandon Sanderson
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. Reader, 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
Speculative Fiction Novels (71)
Book Ten of The Stormlight Archive (untitled) (The Stormlight Archive #10) 2036 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
Book Three of 4th Era (untitled) (Mistborn: Forth Era #3) 2035 | science fiction > space opera | Release date TBA |
Book Two of the Elantris (untitled) (Elantris #2) 2035 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
Book Nine of The Stormlight Archive (untitled) (The Stormlight Archive #9) 2034 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
Book Two of 4th Era (untitled) (Mistborn: Forth Era #2) 2033 | science fiction > space opera | Release date TBA |
Book Eight of The Stormlight Archive (untitled) (The Stormlight Archive #8) 2032 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
Book One of 4th Era (untitled) (Mistborn: Forth Era #1) 2031 | science fiction > space opera | Release date TBA |
Book Seven of The Stormlight Archive (untitled) (The Stormlight Archive #7) 2030 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
The Aztlanian (The Rithmatist #2) 2030 | fantasy, young adult | Release date TBA |
Book Six of The Stormlight Archive (untitled) (The Stormlight Archive #6) 2028 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date 2028 |
Book Three of 3rd Era (untitled) (Mistborn: Third Era #3) 2027 | science fiction, fantasy, thriller | Release date 2027 |
Nightblood (working title) (Warbreaker #2) 2027 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
Book Two of 3rd Era (untitled) (Mistborn: Third Era #2) 2026 | science fiction, fantasy, thriller | Release date 2026 |
Book One of 3rd Era (untitled) (Mistborn: Third Era #1) 2025 | science fiction, fantasy, thriller | Release date 2025 |
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Secret Project #1) 2023 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date January 2023 |
Book Five of The Stormlight Archive (untitled) (The Stormlight Archive #5) 2023 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date 2023 |
Defiant (Skyward #4) 2023 | science fiction, young adult | Release date 2023 |
The Sunlit Man (Secret Project #4) 2023 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date 2023 |
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (Secret Project #3) 2023 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date 2023 |
The Frugal Wizard’s Guide For Surviving Medieval England (Secret Project #2) 2023 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date 2023 |
The Lost Metal (Mistborn: Wax and Wayne #4) 2022 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date November 15, 2022 |
Book Six of the Alcatraz (untitled) (Alcatraz #6) 2022 | fantasy, young adult | Release date 2022 |
Skyward Flight: The Collection: Sunreach, ReDawn, Evershore (Skyward) 2022 | science fiction, collection, young adult |
Skyward Flight: Evershore (Skyward #3.5) 2021 | science fiction, young adult |
Cytonic (Skyward #3) 2021 | science fiction, young adult |
Skyward Flight: ReDawn (Skyward #2.6) 2021 | science fiction, young adult |
Skyward Flight: Sunreach (Skyward #2.5) 2021 | science fiction, young adult |
Lux: a Texas Reckoners novel (The Reckoners #4) 2021 | science fiction, young adult |
Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive #4) 2020 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive #3.5) 2020 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Starsight (Skyward #2) 2019 | science fiction, young adult |
Skyward (Skyward #1) 2018 | science fiction, young adult |
Legion: Lies of the Beholder (Legion #3) 2018 | science fiction |
Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds (Legion) 2018 | science fiction, collection |
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive #3) 2017 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Edgedancer (The Stormlight Archive #2.5) 2017 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Snapshot 2017 | science fiction |
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection (Cosmere) 2016 | fantasy > high fantasy, short stories |
The Dark Talent (Alcatraz #5) 2016 | fantasy, young adult |
Calamity (The Reckoners #3) 2016 | science fiction, young adult |
The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn: Wax and Wayne #3) 2016 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Mistborn: Secret History (Mistborn) 2016 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Shadows of Self (Mistborn: Wax and Wayne #2) 2015 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell (Cosmere) 2015 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Perfect State 2015 | science fiction, fantasy |
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell and Perfect State 2015 | science fiction, fantasy, short stories |
Firefight (The Reckoners #2) 2014 | science fiction, young adult |
Legion: Skin Deep (Legion #2) 2014 | science fiction |
Sixth of the Dusk (Cosmere) 2014 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive #2) 2014 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Mitosis (The Reckoners) 2013 | science fiction, short stories, young adult |
Steelheart (The Reckoners #1) 2013 | science fiction, young adult |
Legion and The Emperor's Soul 2013 | science fiction, fantasy, collection |
The Rithmatist (The Rithmatist #1) 2013 | fantasy, young adult |
A Memory of Light (The Wheel of Time #14) 2013 | fantasy > high fantasy |
The Emperor's Soul (Cosmere) 2012 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Legion (Legion #1) 2012 | science fiction |
The Alloy of Law (Mistborn: Wax and Wayne #1) 2011 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens (Alcatraz #4) 2010 | fantasy, young adult |
Towers of Midnight (The Wheel of Time #13) 2010 | fantasy > high fantasy |
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1) 2010 | fantasy > high fantasy |
The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time #12) 2009 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia (Alcatraz #3) 2009 | fantasy, young adult |
Warbreaker (Warbreaker #1) 2009 | fantasy > high fantasy |
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn #3) 2008 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones (Alcatraz #2) 2008 | fantasy, young adult |
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn #2) 2007 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz #1) 2007 | fantasy, young adult |
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) 2006 | fantasy > high fantasy |
The Hope of Elantris (Elantris #1.5) 2006 | fantasy > high fantasy, short stories |
Elantris (Elantris #1) 2005 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Comics and Anthology (5)
The Dark One: Volume 1 (The Dark One #1) 2021 | fantasy, comics |
White Sand: Volume 3 (White Sand #3) 2019 | fantasy, comics |
White Sand: Volume 2 (White Sand #2) 2018 | fantasy, comics |
White Sand: Volume 1 (White Sand #1) 2016 | fantasy, comics |
Shadows Beneath 2014 | fantasy, anthology |