Brandon Sanderson
- Brandon Sanderson
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Brandon Winn Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) 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 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.
In 2008, Sanderson started a creative writing podcast with the horror writer Dan Wells and the cartoonist Howard Tayler called Writing Excuses. He coined Sanderson's Laws of Magic which popularized the idea of "hard magic" and "soft magic" systems. In mid-2022, Sanderson and Dan Wells started another podcast, Intentionally Blank, which is focused on writing and pop culture.
Sanderson's writing has been nominated and won numerous awards. He has been noted for his prolific level of writing output (having written 71 books as of 2023), several of which have topped the New York Times best seller list. Sanderson's March 2022 Kickstarter campaign to self-publish four novels became the most successful in history, finishing with 185,341 backers pledging US$41,754,153.
Annotation
American author of epic fantasy and science fiction.
Series:
Elantris
Mistborn
The Stormlight Archive
The Reckoners
WarbreakerLast modified: 2020-10-07 (revision #30716)
Editions
| Name | Format | ISBN | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steelheart | eBook | 9780449818398 | ? |
| Mistborn: The Well of Ascension | Hardcover | 978-0-7653-1688-2 | 2007-08-21 |
| Words of Radiance (Mass Market Paperback) | Paperback | ? | ? |
| Snapshot (2017 eBook) | eBook | 9781938570155 | 2017-02-17 |
| Snapshot | Audiobook | 1978604793 | 2017-02-17 |
| The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (eBook) | eBook | 1938570383 | 2023-04-01 |
| Isles of the Emberdark (eBook) | eBook | ? | 2025 |
| The Emperor’s Soul (eBook) | eBook | 978-1-938570-02-5 | 2012-11-05 |
| Firstborn (2010 eBook) | eBook | 1429952989 | 2010-07-20 |
| Wind and Truth (Ebook) | eBook | ? | 2024-12-06 |
| Elantris, Part 1 (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781645418030 | 2009-04-01 |
| Perfect State (2015 eBook, first electronic edition) | eBook | 9781938570094 | 2015-03-31 |
| Elantris 2 | Audiobook | 9781645418054 | 2009-05-01 |
| Mistborn: The Final Empire (Tenth Anniversary Edition) | Hardcover | 9781473216815 | 2016 |
| The Hope of Elantris (eAudiobook, dramatized adaptation) | Audiobook | 9781645419112 | 2020-06-03 |
| White Sand, Volume One (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781648813405 | 2019-08-13 |
| Oathbringer (paperback) | Paperback | 1250297141 | 2018-10-30 |
| Warbreaker, Part 2 (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781645417934 | 2009-11-01 |
| Elantris, Part 3 (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781645418078 | 2009-06-01 |
| Warbreaker, Part 1 (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781645417910 | 2009-10-01 |
| Dreamer (2017 eBook) | eBook | 9781938570162 | 2017-04-12 |
| Mistborn: The Hero of Ages (paperback published by Gollancz) | Paperback | 9780575089945 | 2010-02-11 |
| Defending Elysium (2021 eBook, second electronic edition) | eBook | 9781938570278 | 2021-11-23 |
| I Hate Dragons: Extended Version (2011 extended edition online publication on Brandon Sanderson’s blog) | eBook | ? | 2011-05 |
| Dark One | Hardcover | 978-1-939424-45-7 | 2021-05-18 |
| Firstborn (2008 online publication on Tor.com) | eBook | ? | 2008-12-17 |
| Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Cosmere Novel (eBook) | eBook | 1938570340 | 2023 |
| Mistborn | Paperback | 978-0-7653-5038-1 | 2007 |
| Defending Elysium (2008 online publication on Brandon Sanderson’s blog) | eBook | ? | 2008-10-01 |
| El imperio final | Paperback | 9788417347291 | 2019 |
| Mistborn: Secret History | eBook | ? | 2016-01-30 |
| White Sand, Volume Two (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781648813429 | 2019-09-18 |
| Warbreaker, Part 3 (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781645417958 | 2009-12-01 |
| Wind and Truth | Hardcover | 1250319188 | 2024-12-06 |
| White Sand, Volume Three (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781648813443 | 2019-10-22 |
| I Hate Dragons (2011 online publication on Brandon Sanderson’s blog) | eBook | ? | 2011-01 |
| Perfect State (2025 eBook, second electronic edition) | eBook | 9781938570094 | 2025-06-03 |
| The Mistborn Trilogy | eBook | 1473211077 | 2014-09-25 |
| Mistborn: The Hero of Ages | Hardcover | 9780765316899 | 2008-10-14 |
| Tailored Realities: SF & Fantasy Tales Including the Moment Zero (2025 hardcover) | Hardcover | 1250410487 | 2025-12-09 |
| El imperio final (de bolsillo) | Paperback | 8413143195 | 2021 |
| Dragonsteel Prime (ebook) | eBook | 9781938570483 | 2024-03-29 |
| The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781938570438 | 2023-04-11 |
| Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781427280633 | 2016-11-22 |
| Wind and Truth (audiobook) | Audiobook | 9781250368287 | 2024-12-06 |
| Oathbringer (audiobook) | Audiobook | 9781427275936 | 2017-11-14 |
| Rhythm of War (audiobook) | Audiobook | 9781250759788 | 2020-11-17 |
| The Way of Kings (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781427209764 | 2010-08-31 |
| Dragonsteel Prime (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781938570483 | 2024-03-29 |
| Words of Radiance (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781427233080 | 2014-03-04 |
| Dawnshard (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781705076446 | 2022-08-16 |
| Wind and Truth (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781250368287 | 2024-12-06 |
| Oathbringer (audiobook) | Audiobook | 9781427275936 | 2017-11-14 |
| The Eye of the World (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781593974558 | 2004-05-01 |
| Rhythm of War (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781250759788 | 2020-11-17 |
| Dragonsteel Prime (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781938570483 | 2024-03-29 |
| Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781938570445 | 2023-07-11 |
| Snapshot (Audible) | Audiobook | 9781978604797 | 2017-02-17 |
| The Sunlit Man: A Cosmere Novel (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781938570452 | 2023-10-10 |
| Snapshot (audio cd) | Audiobook | 9781536696523 | 2017-04-25 |
| Shadows of Self (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781427262240 | 2015-10-06 |
| The Bands of Mourning (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781427267900 | 2016-01-26 |
| The Alloy of Law (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781427221049 | 2011-11-08 |
| Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Cosmere Novel (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781938570421 | 2023-01-10 |
| The Lost Metal (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781250859280 | 2022-11-15 |
| Mistborn: The Final Empire (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781427206374 | 2008-12-23 |
| The Hero of Ages (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781427206398 | 2008-10-14 |
| The Well of Ascension (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781427206381 | 2008-12-23 |
| Skyward (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9798350414738 | 2018-11-06 |
| Cytonic (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781603936798 | 2021-11-23 |
| Starsight (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781603936781 | 2019-11-26 |
| Defiant (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781938570179 | 2023-11-21 |
| Sunreach (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9780593590324 | 2021-09-28 |
| ReDawn (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9780593590348 | 2021-10-26 |
| Evershore (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9780593590362 | 2021-12-28 |
| Warbreaker (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781501915925 | 2015-12-03 |
| The Emperor's Soul (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781470328375 | 2012-11-02 |
| Edgedancer (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781705076477 | 2022-10-04 |
| Elantris (audiobook, tenth anniversary author's definitive edition) | Audiobook | 9781501902062 | 2015-10-06 |
| Lux (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781713697787 | 2021-07-22 |
| Calamity (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781603933407 | 2016-02-16 |
| Mitosis (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781603936613 | 2014-10-07 |
| Firefight (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781603933520 | 2015-01-06 |
| Steelheart (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781603933971 | 2013-09-24 |
| The Knights of Crystallia | Audiobook | 9781464038808 | 2012-03-16 |
| The Scrivener's Bones | Audiobook | 9781464029066 | 2012-03-16 |
| Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781461849841 | 2011-07-29 |
| The Shattered Lens | Audiobook | 9781464048937 | 2012-05-18 |
| The Dark Talent | Audiobook | 9781501926600 | 2016-09-13 |
| Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians | Audiobook | 9781705028230 | 2022-09-20 |
| Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781250299604 | 2018-09-18 |
| Legion: Skin Deep (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781603936620 | 2014-11-24 |
| Legion (Audible) | Audiobook | 9781603936491 | 2012-10-02 |
| Infinity Blade: Awakening (audiobook) | Audiobook | 9781501992049 | 2018-01-15 |
| Infinity Blade: Redemption (audiobook) | Audiobook | 9781501992032 | 2018-02-01 |
| The Original (audiobook) | Audiobook | 9781980062899 | 2020-09-14 |
| Dark One: Forgotten | Audiobook | 9781980062875 | 2023-01-10 |
| Elantris (eAudiobook, tenth anniversary author's definitive edition) | Audiobook | 9781501902062 | 2015-10-06 |
| The Emperor’s Soul (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781470328375 | 2012-11-02 |
| Stephen Leeds: Death and Faxes (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781980062868 | 2022-06-07 |
| The Original (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781980062899 | 2020-09-14 |
| The Knights of Crystallia (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781464038808 | 2012-03-16 |
| The Scrivener's Bones (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781464029066 | 2012-03-16 |
| Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781461849841 | 2011-07-29 |
| The Shattered Lens (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781464048937 | 2012-05-18 |
| The Dark Talent (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781501926600 | 2016-09-13 |
| Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781705028230 | 2022-09-20 |
| The Knights of Crystallia (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781464038808 | 2012-03-16 |
| The Scrivener’s Bones (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781464029066 | 2012-03-16 |
| Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781461849841 | 2011-07-29 |
| The Shattered Lens (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781464048937 | 2012-05-18 |
| The Dark Talent (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781501926600 | 2016-09-13 |
| Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781705028230 | 2022-09-20 |
| Infinity Blade: Awakening (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781501992049 | 2018-01-15 |
| Infinity Blade: Redemption (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781501992032 | 2018-02-01 |
| Dark One: Forgotten (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781980062875 | 2023-01-10 |
| Dark One: Forgotten (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781980062875 | 2023-01-10 |
| Warbreaker (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781501915925 | 2015-12-03 |
| Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781705028230 | 2022-09-20 |
| Dawnshard (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781705076446 | 2022-08-16 |
| Wind and Truth (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781250368287 | 2024-12-06 |
| Oathbringer (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781427275936 | 2017-11-14 |
| The Eye of the World (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781593974558 | 2004-05-01 |
| Rhythm of War (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781250759788 | 2020-11-17 |
| Yumi and the Nightmare Painter: A Cosmere Novel (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781938570445 | 2023-07-11 |
| The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781938570438 | 2023-04-11 |
| Lux (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781713697787 | 2021-07-22 |
| Sunreach (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9780593590324 | 2021-09-28 |
| ReDawn (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9780593590348 | 2021-10-26 |
| Evershore (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9780593590362 | 2021-12-28 |
| Stephen Leeds: Death and Faxes (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781980062868 | 2022-06-07 |
| Stephen Leeds: Death and Faxes (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781980062868 | 2022-06-07 |
| The Rithmatist (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | 9781427221148 | 2013-05-14 |
| Isles of the Emberdark (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | ? | 2025 |
| Isles of the Emberdark: A Cosmere Novel (eAudiobook) | Audiobook | ? | 2025 |
| The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (eBook) | eBook | 1938570383 | 2023-04-11 |
| Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Cosmere Novel (eBook) | eBook | 9781938570346 | 2023-01-10 |
| Isles of the Emberdark: A Cosmere Novel (eBook) | eBook | ? | 2025-07-01 |
| The Sunlit Man: A Cosmere Novel (eBook) | eBook | 9781938570414 | 2023-10-10 |
| Yumi and the Nightmare Painter: A Cosmere Novel (eBook) | eBook | 9781938570407 | 2023-07-11 |
Relationships
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Warbreaker
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Firefight
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Dark One
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Steelheart
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Sunreach
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Defiant
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Legion
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Oathbringer
- Brandon Sanderson wrote ReDawn
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Elantris
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Evershore
- Brandon Sanderson copyright © Dark One: Forgotten
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Dawnshard
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Cytonic
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Starsight
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Calamity
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Skyward
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Edgedancer
- Brandon Sanderson wrote Lux
- Brandon Sanderson provided story for Dark One
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