Brandon Sanderson

American fantasy and science fiction writer

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2025 Brandon Sanderson planned to publish 'Isles of the Emberdark' as his fifth Secret Project through Dragonsteel Entertainment
2025 Planned release of Tailored Realities, a short story collection featuring Cosmere Universe and Cytoverse stories
2025 Planned release of Tailored Realities, a short story collection featuring Cosmere Universe and Cytoverse stories
2025 Brandon Sanderson planned to publish 'Isles of the Emberdark' as his fifth Secret Project through Dragonsteel Entertainment
2024 Appeared at FanX in Salt Lake City, Utah, announcing the purchase of land next to The Realm Town for a potential Dragonsteel Plaza bookstore.
2024 Sanderson partnered with Maryville University's League of Legends team to financially support their participation in the North American Challengers League (NACL), a professional gaming tournament pathway.
2024 Publication of Dragonsteel Prime, a novel originally written as Sanderson's honors thesis at BYU
2024 Publishes The Most Boring Book Ever picture book with Roaring Brook Press and releases 'Dragonsteel Prime', his original BYU honors thesis novel
2024 Publishes The Most Boring Book Ever picture book with Roaring Brook Press and releases 'Dragonsteel Prime', his original BYU honors thesis novel
2024 Publication of Dragonsteel Prime, a novel originally written as Sanderson's honors thesis at BYU
2024 Sanderson partnered with Maryville University's League of Legends team to financially support their participation in the North American Challengers League (NACL), a professional gaming tournament pathway.
2024 Appeared at FanX in Salt Lake City, Utah, announcing the purchase of land next to The Realm Town for a potential Dragonsteel Plaza bookstore.
December 2024 Unveiled 'Wind and Truth', the fifth and final book in the first arc of The Stormlight Archive, which he describes as the 'biggest release the fantasy genre has seen in years'.
December 2024 Unveiled 'Wind and Truth', the fifth and final book in the first arc of The Stormlight Archive, which he describes as the 'biggest release the fantasy genre has seen in years'.
August 2024 Launched Kickstarter campaign with Brotherwise Games for a Cosmere tabletop RPG, raising over $14.6 million and breaking the previous record for tabletop RPG pledges.
August 2024 Launched Kickstarter campaign with Brotherwise Games for a Cosmere tabletop RPG, raising over $14.6 million and breaking the previous record for tabletop RPG pledges.
2023 Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Utah Valley University
2023 Short story 'Hyperthief' is published, co-written with Janci Patterson
2023 Brandon Sanderson published three 'Secret Projects': 'Tress of the Emerald Sea', 'Yumi and the Nightmare Painter', and 'The Sunlit Man', all released through his own publishing company Dragonsteel Entertainment
2023 Fourth novel 'Defiant' is released in the Skyward series
2023 Publication of The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England as Secret Project 2
2023 Releases Dark One: Forgotten audio-exclusive with Dan Wells and publishes 'Long Chills and Case Dough' short story on his website
2023 Releases Dark One: Forgotten audio-exclusive with Dan Wells and publishes 'Long Chills and Case Dough' short story on his website
2023 Publication of The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England as Secret Project 2
2023 Fourth novel 'Defiant' is released in the Skyward series
2023 Short story 'Hyperthief' is published, co-written with Janci Patterson
2023 Brandon Sanderson published three 'Secret Projects': 'Tress of the Emerald Sea', 'Yumi and the Nightmare Painter', and 'The Sunlit Man', all released through his own publishing company Dragonsteel Entertainment
2023 Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Utah Valley University
2022 'Skyward Flight: The Collection' is published, compiling the previously released novellas
2022 Brandon Sanderson published 'Bastille Versus the Evil Librarians', a collaborative novel written with Janci Patterson and released through Starscape.
2022 Sanderson co-authored 'Stephen Leeds: Death and Faxes' audiobook with Max Epstein, David Pace, and Michael Harkins, published by Recorded Books.
2022 White Sand Omnibus is released by Dynamite Entertainment, collecting the three graphic novels with a new prologue and glossary
2022 Brandon Sanderson concluded the contemporary Mistborn series with 'The Lost Metal', published by Tor Books.
2022 Sanderson co-authored 'Stephen Leeds: Death and Faxes' audiobook with Max Epstein, David Pace, and Michael Harkins, published by Recorded Books.
2022 'Skyward Flight: The Collection' is published, compiling the previously released novellas
2022 Brandon Sanderson published 'Bastille Versus the Evil Librarians', a collaborative novel written with Janci Patterson and released through Starscape.
2022 White Sand Omnibus is released by Dynamite Entertainment, collecting the three graphic novels with a new prologue and glossary
2022 Brandon Sanderson concluded the contemporary Mistborn series with 'The Lost Metal', published by Tor Books.
September 2022 Collaborated with Unknown Worlds Entertainment to create lore and setting for the video game Moonbreaker, which was released via early access.
September 2022 Collaborated with Unknown Worlds Entertainment to create lore and setting for the video game Moonbreaker, which was released via early access.
March 2022 Sanderson launches a Kickstarter campaign that becomes the most successful in history, with 185,341 backers pledging $41,754,153.
March 2022 Sanderson launches a Kickstarter campaign that becomes the most successful in history, with 185,341 backers pledging $41,754,153.
February 15 2022 Printed edition of 'Dawnshard' was released.
February 15 2022 Printed edition of 'Dawnshard' was released.
2021 Rebranded Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC to Dragonsteel Books.
2021 Novel 'Cytonic' is released as part of the Skyward series
2021 Brandon Sanderson collaborated with Steven Michael Bohls to create the audiobook 'Lux', narrated by MacLeod Andrews and published by Audible Studios.
2021 Release of Dark One graphic novel, co-written with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
2021 Three novellas in the Skyward series are published: 'Sunreach', 'ReDawn', and 'Evershore', co-written with Janci Patterson
2021 Release of Dark One graphic novel, co-written with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly

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