Brandon Sanderson grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. He lives in Utah with his wife and children and teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. His bestsellers have sold 45 million copies worldwide and include the Mistborn saga; the Stormlight Archive novels; and other novels, including Tress of the Emerald Sea, The Rithmatist, Steelheart, and Skyward. He won a Hugo Award for The Emperor's Soul, a novella set in the world of his acclaimed first novel, Elantris. Additionally, he completed Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time(R). Visit his website for behind-the-scenes information on all his books.
""Impressive... [Sanderson's] inventive approach breathes new life into the familiar. This is a bounty for Sanderson fans.""―Publishers Weekly More Praise for Brandon Sanderson ""The face of modern fantasy.""―USA Today ""One of the genre's most beloved authors.""―TIME ""Sanderson raises the genre stakes... A fan favorite.""―The New York Times ""[Sanderson] is not a brilliant writer of epic fantasy, he's simply a brilliant writer. Period.""―Patrick Rothfuss, #1 New York Times bestselling author ""[A] literary fantasy icon.""―Paste ""The genre's most popular writer... easily one of the most successful and prolific fantasy writers of the century so far.""―Esquire ""Epic in every sense.""―The Guardian on The Way of Kings ""Sanderson's vast worlds, surprising plots, and wonderful characters have taken the sci-fi fantasy world by storm.""―BookRiot ""Sanderson is a master.""--Library Journal