“‘Honor’ is a word applied to the actions of men from the past who have had their lives scrubbed clean by historians.”
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Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Winn Sanderson 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", a 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…
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culture · American fiction writer (born 1975) · novelist · short story writer · writer · author · also Brandon Sanderson, Sanderson
Born 19 December 1975 · Q457608
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2026· 30 entries
“When has any tyrant ever said to himself, ‘This is enough’?”
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“Funny, isn’t it, how so many of our stories start the same way, but have opposing endings? In half, the child ignores her parents, wanders out into the woods, and gets eaten. In the other half she discovers great wonders. There aren’t many stories about the kids who say, ‘Yes, I shall not go into the forest. I’m glad my parents explained that is where the monsters live.’”
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“Child, when they were but babes, I had already lived dozens of lifetimes. ‘Old’ is a word you use for worn shoes. I’m something else entirely.”
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“They all stretched farther and farther until they collapsed. In all the history of mankind, has any conqueror decided they had enough? Has any man just said, ‘This is good. This is what I wanted,’ and gone home?”
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“Men in power always pretend things like virtue, or divine guidance, some kind of mandate to ‘protect’ the rest of us. If we believe that the Almighty put them were they are, it’s easier for us to swallow what they do to us.”
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“Hmmm. Someone has a high opinion of himself. Comes with being royalty, I suppose. Like funny hats and a fondness for beheadings.”
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“theoretically build a bookstore”
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Published video “The Best UK Food Ever | Intentionally Blank #foodreview #worldtravel #storytime”.
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Winter is Coming: Long before The Boys hit TV, Brandon Sanderson was exploring the same idea
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reactormag.com: What Brandon Sanderson Has Said About the Completed Mistborn Movie Script
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Published video “Brandon Sanderson's "One True Wish" | Intentionally Blank #wishes #philosophy”.
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Published video “Is Dragon Ball actually any good? — Intentionally Blank Ep. 272”.
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IGN: 'We're Really Excited' — Brandon Sanderson Says the Cosmere RPG Is Now Available at Target Retail Stores
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Published video “Ghostbloods and Guest Authors + Weekly Update”.
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IMDb: Brandon Sanderson Officially Ranks The Matrix Directors’ 2000s Manga Adaptation 10/10
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IMDb: New Mistborn Handbook Is A Must-Have For Brandon Sanderson Fans
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Published video “Awww...They really are best friends. | Intentionally Blank #storytime #writing #bestfriend”.
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Hobby Consolas: Brandon Sanderson y Apple TV han abierto un camino que otra gran autora fantasía también quiere explorar con sus sagas
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IMDb: Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Returns As A New Era Begins
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MovieWeb: Every Book In Brandon Sanderson's 'Mistborn' Series, Ranked (#1 Is Still Brandon Sanderson's Best Book)
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The Salt Lake Tribune: Brandon Sanderson shares update on ‘Cosmere’ adaptations for Apple TV
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Mshale: Did Tolkien Ruin Fantasy? Brandon Sanderson's Oxford Answer Is More Interesting Than The TITLE! Shahbaz Ahmed (uw57qFID2I)
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Published video “What Fandom Did We Delete?? | Intentionally Blank #gravityfalls #deadpool #rickandmorty”.
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Published video “What Changed with The Eye of the World Leatherbound”.
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Published video “The Tolkien Brick | Intentionally Blank #lordoftherings #worldtravel #collection”.
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Published video “We Acquired a Tolkien Brick — Intentionally Blank Ep. 271”.
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Published video “Back to work on Ghostbloods! + Weekly Update”.
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Public attention spiked: 16,986 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.4× the usual 2,649, with 0 article edits.
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It was reported that Apple TV has secured development rights for screen adaptations of works by Sanderson, focusing initially on two major series from his Cosmere universe
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2024· 1 entry
Sanderson appeared before 5,000 fans at FanX in Salt Lake City, Utah, at a 50-minute panel
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2022· 2 entries
Awarded Audie Award for Fantasy for Rhythm of War (2022).
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In his second Kickstarter project, Sanderson raised over $41
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2020· 1 entry
Sanderson's agency updated his number of copies sold to over 18 million worldwide, in early 2021 to over 21 million, and in late 2025 to over 50 million
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2018· 1 entry
Awarded Dragon Award for Best Fantasy Novel for Oathbringer (2018).
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2016· 4 entries
An anthology of Cosmere short stories and novellas was published, titled Arcanum Unbounded: A Cosmere Collection
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The fifth Alcatraz book was published, called Alcatraz Versus the Dark Talent
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The third and final book of the Reckoners trilogy, titled Calamity, was published
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Mistborn: The Bands of Mourning was published as the sequel to Shadows of Self
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2015· 13 entries
Sanderson's agency (JABberwocky Literary Agency) announced that Sanderson officially sold over 7 million copies worldwide
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Awarded Audie Award for Fantasy for Words of Radiance (2015).
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“(…) w wierze chodzi o zaufanie. Zaufanie, że ktoś nas strzeże. Że ktoś sprawi, by wszystko było dobrze, nawet jeśli w chwili obecnej sytuacja jest tragiczna.”
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“Celem opowiadającego historię nie jest powiedzenie ci, jak masz myśleć, ale podanie ci pytania, nad którym musisz się zastanowić.”
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“Siła nie czyni nikogo zdolnym do władania; czyni go zdolnym do służby.”
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Brandon Sanderson and wife Emily Sanderson created a charitable organization called The Lightweaver Foundation
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“Ale czym są pieniądze? Fizyczna interpretacja abstrakcyjnej koncepcji wysiłku.”
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“Jeśli zawsze jesteś na czas, to oznacza, że nie masz nic lepszego do roboty.”
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“Nie zapominaj o popiele tylko dlatego, że nosisz jedwabie.”
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“Strach to narzędzie tyranów.”
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“(…) wiara nie jest czymś wyłącznie na dobre czasy i jasne dni. Czym jest zaufanie… czym jest wiara, jeśli porzucasz ją po klęsce?”
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“Dowodzenie nie oznacza, że trzeba coś robić… oznacza jedynie konieczność upewnienia się, że inni ludzie robią to, co powinni!”
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“Na tym polega zaufanie (…). Na oddaniu innej osobie władzy nad sobą. Władzy, która pozwala również skrzywdzić.”
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2013· 4 entries
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Related Work for Writing Excuses (2013).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novella for The Emperor's Soul (2013).
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Awarded Imaginales award for best foreign-language novel for Mistborn: The Alloy of Law (2013).
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Sanderson published two new young adult series
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2012· 1 entry
Sanderson published a science fiction novella entitled Legion, followed by another short work titled The Emperor's Soul
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2010· 2 entries
Debuting at number one on the bestseller list
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Sanderson published The Way of Kings, the first of a planned ten-book series called The Stormlight Archive
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2009· 3 entries
And reached the number-one spot on the New York Times bestseller list for hardcover fiction
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That a final three books would be published instead of just one
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Tor Books published Warbreaker, which originally appeared serially on Sanderson's website while he was writing the novel from 2006 to 2009
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2008· 2 entries
The third and final book in the Mistborn trilogy was published, titled The Hero of Ages, as well as the second book in the Alcatraz series, titled Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones
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Sanderson started a creative writing podcast with the horror writer Dan Wells and the cartoonist Howard Tayler called Writing Excuses
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2007· 2 entries
Awarded Whitney Awards (2007).
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With the second and third published in 2012 and 2013 (respectively)
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2006· 2 entries
By Mistborn: The Final Empire, the first book in his Mistborn fantasy trilogy, in which "allomancers"—people with the ability to "burn" metals and alloys after ingesting them—gain enhanced senses and control over powerfu
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Sanderson married Emily Bushman in the Mount Timpanogos Utah LDS Temple
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1997· 1 entry
Sanderson returned to BYU and changed his major to English literature
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1994· 1 entry
Went to Brigham Young University (BYU) and majored in biochemistry
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1975· 2 entries
Born 1975-12-19.
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In Lincoln, Nebraska, the eldest of four children born to Barbara and Winn Sanderson
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