Brandon Sanderson
A BYU graduate whose Mistborn and Stormlight Archive novels made him one of the best-known fantasy authors, and whose 2022 Kickstarter raised more than $41 million.
| Born | December 19, 1975, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Wikipedia |
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| Utah ties | Earned a B.A. in English (2000) and an M.A. in creative writing (2004) from Brigham Young University and has taught a creative writing class there as adjunct faculty. Utah Valley University gave him an honorary doctorate in 2023. Wikipedia |
| Company | Dragonsteel Entertainment, which publishes, sells and produces his work; renamed Dragonsteel Books in 2021 for its publishing arm. Wikipedia |
| Best known for | The Mistborn and Stormlight Archive series, and finishing Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time. Wikipedia |
The Wheel of Time and his own worlds
Mistborn began with The Final Empire in 2006, and the Stormlight Archive began with The Way of Kings in 2010. Wikipedia
After Robert Jordan's death, Jordan's widow and editor Harriet McDougal chose Sanderson to complete The Wheel of Time. Tor announced this on December 7, 2007, and the final volume, A Memory of Light, followed in early 2013. Wikipedia
The 2022 Kickstarter
In March 2022 Sanderson launched a Kickstarter for four novels he had written during the pandemic and kept secret: Tress of the Emerald Sea, The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, and The Sunlit Man. The books were released through his own company rather than his longtime publisher, Tor. CNN Business
The campaign passed its $1 million goal in under an hour and went on to close with more than 185,000 backers and about $41.7 million, the most of any Kickstarter campaign at that time. CNBC · Tubefilter
Dragonsteel in Utah
In 2024, according to Wikipedia, Sanderson announced at FanX in Salt Lake City that Dragonsteel had bought land for a planned bookstore and headquarters. Wikipedia We have not found an official source for the site, so this profile does not give a location or timeline.
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The Dragonsteel headquarters plans, the company's current size and revenue, and the status of film and television projects. Where he lives is not stated here on purpose.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Brandon Sanderson, secondary source for dates and bibliography
- CNBC: Author's record-breaking Kickstarter campaign closes at $41.7 million (Mar. 31, 2022)
- CNN Business via KVIA: Fantasy author's surprise new book series sets Kickstarter record (Mar. 4, 2022)
- Tubefilter: Brandon Sanderson's record-setting Kickstarter campaign (Mar. 8, 2022)