Sarah Rees Brennan
| Sarah Rees Brennan | |
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| Born |
21 September 1983 Ireland |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Period | 21st century |
| Genre | Young-adult fantasy |
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Sarah Rees Brennan (born 21 September 1983)[1] is an Irish writer best known for young-adult fantasy fiction. Her first novel, The Demon's Lexicon, was released June 2009 by Simon & Schuster.[2] Brennan's books are bestsellers in the UK.
Biography
Brennan was born in Ireland.She lived in New York after college. She obtained a Creative Writing MA and worked as a librarian in Surrey, England,[3] before moving to Dublin where she currently lives.
Brennan has been writing since the age of five.[4] She has a blog on Livejournal which has over 5000 subscribers.[2]
She wrote her first novel, The Demon's Lexicon, while studying for her Creative Writing MA. The publishing house Simon & Schuster obtained a three-book contract deal with her which involved an undisclosed six-figure sum. The series is YA fantasy, focusing on two brothers, Nick and Alan Ryves, and is set in the urban landscape - London and Exeter - of contemporary England.
Novels
- Demon's Lexicon trilogy
- The Demon's Lexicon, June 2009
- The Demon's Covenant, May 2010
- The Demon's Surrender, June 2011
- Lynburn Legacy
- Unspoken, June 2012 (Book 1)
- Untold, August 2013 (Book 2)
- Unmade, 2014 (Book 3)
- "The Spring Before I Met You" (Book 0)
- "The Summer Before I Met You" (Book 0.5)
- "The Night After I Lost You" (Book 1.5)
- Other
- Team Human, co-authored with Justine Larbalestier, July 2012
- The Bane Chronicles, co-authored with Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson
- Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, co-authored with Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson and Robin Wasserman
Short fiction
- "Undead Is Very Hot Right Now" in The Eternal Kiss, ed. Trisha Telep
- "The Spy Who Never Grew Up" in Kiss Me Deadly, ed. Trisha Telep
- "Queen of Atlantis" in Subterranean Press Magazine: Summer 2011, ed. Gwenda Bond
- "Lets Get This Undead Show on the Road" in Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions, ed. Melissa Marr
- "Faint Heart" in After, ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
- "Treasure and Maidens" in Scheherazade's Facade, ed. Michael M. Jones
- "I Gave You My Love by the Light of The Moon" in Defy the Dark, ed. Saundra Mitchell
- "Beauty and the Chad" in Grim, ed. Christine Johnson
Awards
The Demon's Lexicon
- A 2010 ALA Top Ten Best Book[5]
- Long-listed for the Carnegie medal
- Top Ten Best British YA Fantasy
- A 2009 Cybils Finalist[6]
- A finalist for the Leeds Book Award
- Received three starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Bulletin and School Library Journal.
References
- ↑ Sarah Rees Brennan's livejournal profile
- 1 2 Sarah's magic touch lands the writer a three-book deal
- ↑ Sarah Rees Brennan
- ↑ [Back of first novel, Interview with Sarah Rees Brennan, author of The Demon's Lexicon]
- ↑
- ↑ "2009 Cybils". Children's And Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
External links
- Official website
- Blog at Live Journal
- Cover art and more at Fantastic Fiction
- Author profile at Simon & Schuster
- Sarah Rees Brennan at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Sarah Rees Brennan at Library of Congress Authorities, with 7 catalog records
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