Sarah Rees Brennan

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Sarah Rees Brennan
Sarah Rees Brennan.jpg
Born (1983-09-21) 21 September 1983 (age 37)
Ireland
OccupationWriter
NationalityIrish
Alma materKingston University London
Period21st century
GenreYoung adult fantasy
Website
sarahreesbrennan.com

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 from Kingston University in London[3] and worked as a librarian in Surrey, England,[4] before moving to Dublin where she currently lives.

Brennan has been writing since the age of five.[5] She has a blog on Livejournal which has over 4000 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
Lynburn Legacy
  • Unspoken, June 2012 (Book 1)
  • Untold, August 2013 (Book 2)
  • Unmade, 2014 (Book 3)
  • The Spring Before I Met You, September 2012 (Book 0.25)
  • The Summer Before I Met You, September 2012 (Book 0.5)
  • The Night After I Lost You (Book 1.5)
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
  • Season of the Witch (Book 1), July 2019
  • Daughter of Chaos (Book 2), December 2019
  • Path of Night (Book 3), May 2020
C.S. Pacat's Fence novelisations
  • Fence: Striking Distance, September 2020
  • Fence: Disarmed, May 2021
Shadowhunters Universe
Fate: The Winx Saga
  • Lighting the Fire, July 2022
Other
  • Tell the Wind and Fire, April 2016
  • In Other Lands, August 2017

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
  • "Wings in the Morning" in 'Monstrous Affections', ed. Kelly Link

Awards[]

The Demon's Lexicon

  • A 2010 ALA Top Ten Best Book[6]
  • Long-listed for the Carnegie medal
  • Top Ten Best British YA Fantasy
  • A 2009 Cybils Finalist[7]
  • A finalist for the Leeds Book Award
  • Received three starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Bulletin[clarification needed] and School Library Journal.

Unmade

In Other Lands

References[]

  1. ^ Sarah Rees Brennan's livejournal profile
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Sarah's magic touch lands the writer a three-book deal
  3. ^ Sarah Rees Brennan - After you Graduate, Kingston University London.
  4. ^ Sarah Rees Brennan
  5. ^ [Back of first novel, Interview with Sarah Rees Brennan, author of The Demon's Lexicon][full citation needed]
  6. ^ "2010 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults". Archived from the original on 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2010-11-02.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "2009 Cybils". Children's And Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards. Retrieved 2010-07-31.

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