Brandon Sanderson

American fantasy writer (born 1975) · United States · Writers

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2022Audie Award for FantasyAward2021“The sea was so open, so welcoming. Pay her a little respect, and she would carry you anywhere you wished to go.”In their wordsNovember 2021Prologue (p. 1)Read the whole statement

“All so different. He figured, sure, that people must be like mountains. See, when you were far away from mountains, they all basically looked the same.”In their wordsNovember 2021Chapter 3 (p. 42)Read the whole statement

“It’s politics. The annoying kind.”“There’s another kind?”In their wordsNovember 2021Chapter 3 (pp. 48-49)Read the whole statement

“Vstim is good and honest,” Rysn said. “You don’t get a reputation for either without some people seeing your nature as an opportunity.”In their wordsNovember 2021Chapter 6 (p. 96)Read the whole statement

“That was the thing about omens - they were made up. Imagined signals of something nebulous. So why not make them up to be something positive?”In their wordsNovember 2021Chapter 8 (p. 123)Read the whole statement

“So…why make these? Why set this place up to appear so rich?”“I’m wondering the same thing,” Rushu said.“They wanted to wow us, maybe?” Lopen said.”In their wordsNovember 2021Chapter 15 (p. 211)Read the whole statement

2018Dragon Award for Best Fantasy NovelAward2015Audie Award for FantasyAward2013Hugo Award for Best NovellaAwardHugo Award for Best Related WorkAwardImaginales award for best foreign-language novelAward2007Whitney AwardsAward1975Born19 December 1975

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Sanderson in 2007

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The sea was so open, so welcoming. Pay her a little respect, and she would carry you anywhere you wished to go.
Nov 2021, Prologue (p. 1), Own words
The sea was a strange mistress indeed. Open. Welcoming. Inviting. Sometimes a little too much so.
Nov 2021, Prologue (p. 7), Own words
All so different. He figured, sure, that people must be like mountains. See, when you were far away from mountains, they all basically looked the same.
Nov 2021, Chapter 3 (p. 42), Own words

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Awards

Audie Award for Fantasy2022

Dragon Award for Best Fantasy Novel2018

Audie Award for Fantasy2015

Hugo Award for Best Novella2013

Hugo Award for Best Related Work2013

Imaginales award for best foreign-language novel2013

Whitney Awards2007

About this person

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.

Country

United States

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Emily VanCampAlso in Beyond the Blackboard (2011)

Domhnall GleesonAlso in True Grit (2010)

Treat WilliamsAlso in Beyond the Blackboard (2011)

Josh BrolinAlso in True Grit (2010)

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