# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brandon-sanderson
# Generated: 2026-09-02T04:20:13.559Z

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name: "Brandon Sanderson"
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description: "Brandon Winn Sanderson is an American author of high fantasy, science fiction, and young adult books. His best known novels include the Mistborn series and The Stormlight Archive, which are set in the \"Cosmere\", a fictional universe. Outside of the Cosmere, he has written several young adult and juvenile series including The Reckoners, the Skyward series, and the Alcatraz series. He is also known for finishing author Robert Jordan's high fantasy series The Wheel of Time. Sanderson has created two graphic novels, White Sand and Dark One."
tagline: "American fantasy writer (born 1975)"
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birthDate: "1975-12-19"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump