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'''Brandon Sanderson''' (born December 19, 1975) is an American fantasy author. A Nebraska native,<ref name="writertopia">{{cite web|url=http://www.writertopia.com/profiles/BrandonSanderson|publisher=Writertopia|title=Profile for Brandon Sanderson|accessdate=2006-08-10}}</ref><ref name="mormon">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060815004428/http://morgannews.us/auth.html|title=Famous Mormon Writers and Authors|accessdate=2006-08-10}}</ref> he currently resides in [[American Fork, Utah|American Fork]], [[Utah]]. He earned his [[Master's degree]] in [[Creative Writing]] in 2005 from [[Brigham Young University]],<ref name="masters">{{cite web|url=http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=1794|publisher=BYU Magazine|title=Winter 2006 Alumni Profiles Update|accessdate=2007-01-17}}</ref> where he was on the staff of ''[[Leading Edge]]'', a semi-professional [[speculative fiction]] magazine published by the university. He was a college roommate of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' champion [[Ken Jennings]].<ref name="jennings">{{cite web|url=http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=662|title=http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=662|date=2007-12-11|accessdate=2009-11-02}}</ref> He has been nominated twice for the [[John W. Campbell Award]].<ref name="timesandseasons">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=3897|title=MWS: Brandon Sanderson|first=Kaimi|last=Wenger|date=2007-06-11|publisher=Times & Seasons|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref>

Sanderson married on July 7, 2006<ref name="July2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.brandonsanderson.com/article.php?id=35|title=Newsletter, July 2006|accessdate=2006-08-10}}</ref> and is a member of the [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]].<ref name="mormon"/>

After [[Robert Jordan]]'s death, Brandon Sanderson was selected by Harriet McDougal (Robert Jordan's widow), to complete the final book in Jordan's epic fantasy series ''[[The Wheel of Time]]''. Harriet asked him to complete the series after being deeply impressed by ''[[Mistborn: The Final Empire]]''.<ref>[http://www.dragonmount.com/Books/Memory_of_Light/brandon_interview_01.php An interview with Brandon Sanderson - December 8, 2007]</ref> [[Tor Books]] made the announcement December 7, 2007.<ref name="tor-jordan">{{cite web|url=http://www.tor-forge.com/NewsArticle.aspx?articleId=647|title=''Tor announces that the final novel in bestselling Robert Jordan's legendary ''Wheel of Time'' fantasy series will be completed by author Brandon Sanderson''|publisher=Tor-Forge.com|date=2007-12-07|accessdate=2007-12-10}}</ref> On March 30, 2009 it was announced that ''[[A Memory of Light]]'', originally slated to be the final book in the ''Wheel of Time'' series, willwould be split into three volumes. The first, ''[[The Gathering Storm (book)|The Gathering Storm]]'', was released on October 27, 2009<ref name="Sanders-Sooner">{{cite web|url=http://brandonsanderson.com/blog/815/The-Gathering-Storm-coming-sooner-than-expected|title=The Gathering Storm coming sooner than expected|accessdate=2009-09-08}}</ref>, with the remaining novels, named ''[[Towers of Midnight]]'' and ''[[A Memory of Light]]'', tentatively following in November 2010 and November 2011.<ref name="Sanders-Split">{{cite web|url=http://www.brandonsanderson.com/article/56/Splitting-AMOL|title=Brandon Sanders: Splitting AMOL date|accessdate=2009-06-22}}</ref>

* ''[[Warbreaker]]'' (2009, ISBN 978-0-7653-20308) - ''Warbreaker'' was published in hardcover format in June of 2009 by TOR. Sanderson released several rewrites of this title under a [[Creative Commons]] license, one chapter at a time<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brandonsanderson.com/page.php?id=20|title=''Warbreaker''|publisher=BrandonSanderson.com|accessdate=2006-08-10}}</ref> Older drafts of the various chapters are also available.

* ''[[The Way of Kings]]'' (forthcoming 2010, ISBN 978-0765326355)<ref name="sanderson784"/><ref name="writertopia"/><ref>http://www.brandonsanderson.com/blog/803/DONE</ref>