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The novels of Nebraska fantasy author Brandon Sanderson Popular fantasy author Brandon Sanderson was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he attended Lincoln East High School until 1994. As a senior in high school, he won a SF/Fantasy writing contest sponsored by Andromeda, a genre convention in Lincoln. After graduating from high school, he attended Brigham Young University in Provo, UT, ultimately earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing. After a brief period in Idaho Falls, ID, he returned to Provo, where he and his family (he married in 2006) current reside. Sanderson was nominated, in both years of his eligibility, for the John W. Campbell Award for best new science fiction or fantasy author, losing out to John Scalzi (2006) and Naomi Novik (2007). In 2007, following the death of author Robert Jordan, Sanderson was selected by Jordan's estate and the publisher Tor to be the writer to complete Jordan's final volume in the epic Wheel of Time saga, A Memory of Light. At present, A Memory of Light does yet have a set publication date, although it is tentatively thought to be planned for the fall of 2009. In 2007, Sanderson released his first Young Adult novel, Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians, a humorous fantasy work. That novel has been optioned for a feature film by Dreamworks Animation. Sanderson has been releasing his most recent work, Warbreaker, on a chapter-by-chapter basis on his web site, under a non-commercial/non-derivative Creative Commons license. Interested readers can download this novel-in-progress for free. (Additional information about Brandon Sanderson can be found at the following Web sites:) Added June 2008 sdc | ||||
