Brandon Sanderson

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Name

Brandon Sanderson

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Notes

From Rythm of War (Kindle edition):

BRANDON SANDERSON grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. He lives in Utah with his wife and children and teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. He is the author of such bestsellers as the Mistborn® trilogy and its sequels, The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, and The Bands of Mourning; the Stormlight Archive novels, The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, and Rhythm of War; and other novels, including The Rithmatist and Steelheart for young adults and the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series for middle-grade readers. In 2013 he won a Hugo Award for Best Novella for The Emperor's Soul, set in the world of his acclaimed first novel, Elantris. Additionally, he was chosen to complete Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time® sequence.

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Age

DOB

19-Dec-1975

Place of Birth

Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

DOD

Unknown or still living

Quotes

War is the last option of the state that has failed...

Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson
Adolin Kholin

But I like confusion. Too often we belittle it as a lesser Passion. But confusion leads a scholar to study further and push for secrets. No great discovery was ever made by a femalen or malen who was confident they knew everything.

Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson
Raboniel

Some people charged toward the goal, running for all they had. Others stumbled. But it wasn’t the speed that mattered. It was the direction they were going.

Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson

This coin is worth more than the others because people think it is. They expect it to be. The most important things in the world are worth only what people will pay for them. If you can raise someone’s expectation… if you can make them need something… that is the source of wealth. Owning things of value is secondary to creating things of value where none once existed.

Shadows of Self
Brandon Sanderson
Edwarn Ladrian

It has been my experience that most problems in life are caused by a lack of information. Many people just don’t know the things they need to know. Some ignore the truth; others never understand it.

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
Brandon Sanderson

I enjoy things with curious properties, and stupidity is most interesting. The more you study it, the further it flees - and yet the more of it you obtain, the less you understand about it!

Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson
Shallan Davar

...in reality most people aren't stupid. Many are simply frustrated at how little control they have over their lives. They lash out.

Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson
Wit

...Philosophy? What good is that?" Isn’t it the art of saying nothing with as many words as possible?

The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson
Shallan Davar

...all words have a tendency to be subject to how they are defined.

The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson
Jasnah Kholin

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson
Hoid

When you won, it was always better to win quickly and with extreme advantage.

The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson

But weakness can imitate strength if bound properly, just as cowardice can imitate heroism if given nowhere to flee.

The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson
Dalinar Kholin

Nothing was more dangerous for the sanity of men than a woman with too much time on her hands.

Towers of Midnight
Robert Jordan
Brandon Sanderson

If you perpetuate the dreams of the past, then you stifle your own dreams of the future.

The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson
Tindwyl

There will be people like this in any culture, for every society is made of individuals. You must learn this. Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.

Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson
Vstim

Pattern, nothing is less funny than explaining humor...

Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson
Shallan Davar

...a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.

Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson

It frightens me... because we all see the world by some kind of light personal to us, and that light changes our perception. I don't see clearly. I want to, but I don't know if I ever truly can.

Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson
Shallan Davar

Authors are the only people who get in trouble if they steal from others and try to hide it, but get praised for stealing when they do it in the open. Remember that. It'll help you a lot in college.

Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens
Brandon Sanderson

You want to be a better person? Go listen to someone you disagree with. Don't argue with them, just listen. It’s remarkable what interesting things people will say if you take the time to not be a jerk.

Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia
Brandon Sanderson

For, you see, the most important truths can always withstand a little examination.

Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia
Brandon Sanderson

Books

#	Year	Title	Role	Series
1	2005	Elantris	Writer	Elantris (1)
2	2006	The Final Empire	Writer	Mistborn (1)
3	2006	Hope of Elantris	Writer	Elantris (1.5)
4	2007	The Well of Ascension	Writer	Mistborn (2)
5	2007	Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians	Writer	Alcatraz Smedry (1)
6	2008	The Hero of Ages	Writer	Mistborn (3)
7	2008	Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones	Writer	Alcatraz Smedry (2)
8	2008	Defending Elysium	Writer	Skyward (0.5)
9	2009	The Gathering Storm	Writer	The Wheel of Time (12)
10	2009	Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia	Writer	Alcatraz Smedry (3)
11	2009	Warbreaker	Writer	Warbreaker (1)
12	2010	Towers of Midnight	Writer	The Wheel of Time (13)
13	2010	The Way of Kings	Writer	The Stormlight Archive (1)
14	2010	Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens	Writer	Alcatraz Smedry (4)
15	2011	The Alloy of Law	Writer	Mistborn (4)
16	2012	A Memory of Light	Writer	The Wheel of Time (14)
17	2012	The Emperor's Soul	Writer	Elantris (2)
18	2012	Legion	Writer	Legion (1)
19	2012	The Eleventh Metal	Writer	Mistborn (0.5)
20	2013	The Rithmatist	Writer	Rithmatist Series (1)
21	2013	Mitosis	Writer	Reckoners (1.5)
22	2013	Steelheart	Writer	Reckoners (1)
23	2014	Words of Radiance	Writer	The Stormlight Archive (2)
24	2014	Skin Deep	Writer	Legion (2)
25	2014	Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania	Writer	Mistborn (4.5)
26	2015	Firefight	Writer	Reckoners (2)
27	2015	Shadows of Self	Writer	Mistborn (5)
28	2016	Calamity	Writer	Reckoners (3)
29	2016	The Bands of Mourning	Writer	Mistborn (6)
30	2016	Secret History	Writer	Mistborn (3.5)
31	2016	Alcatraz Versus the Dark Talent	Writer	Alcatraz Smedry (5)
32	2016	Edgedancer	Writer	The Stormlight Archive (2.5)
33	2017	Aether of Night	Writer
34	2017	Snapshot	Writer
35	2017	Oathbringer	Writer	The Stormlight Archive (3)
36	2018	Skyward	Writer	Skyward (1)
37	2019	Starsight	Writer	Skyward (2)
38	2020	Rhythm of War	Writer	The Stormlight Archive (4)
39	2020	Lies of the Beholder	Writer	Legion (3)
40	2020	Dawnshard	Writer	The Stormlight Archive (3.5)
41	2021	Cytonic	Writer	Skyward (3)
42	2021	Sunreach	Writer	Skyward (2.1)
43	2021	ReDawn	Writer	Skyward (2.2)
44	2021	Evershore	Writer	Skyward (3.1)
45	2021	Lux	Writer	Reckoners (4)
46	2022	The Lost Metal	Writer	Mistborn (7)
47	2023	Defiant	Writer	Skyward (4)
48	2024	Wind of Truth	Writer	The Stormlight Archive (5)