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Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson was born in 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska. As a child Brandon enjoyed reading, but he lost interest in the types of titles often suggested to him, and by junior high he never cracked a book if he could help it. This changed when an eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Reader, gave him Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly.
Brandon was working on his thirteenth novel when Moshe Feder at Tor Books bought the sixth he had written. In 2005 Brandon held his first published novel, Elantris, in his hands. Tor also published Brandon's Mistborn trilogy, followed by Warbreaker and then The Way of Kings, the first in the planned ten-volume series The Stormlight Archive. He was chosen to complete Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series; 2009's The Gathering Storm and 2010's Towers of Midnight will be followed by the final book in the series, A Memory of Light, in 2012. And four books in his middle-grade Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series have been released by Scholastic.
Currently living in Utah with his wife and children, Brandon teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. He also hosts the writing advice podcast Writing Excuses with Howard Tayler and Dan Wells.
Programming for Brandon Sanderson
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| Wed | 13:00 | (A01+6) | 1 hr |
Tourists: Creating Characters and Stories in an Existing World
Writers discuss working within the confines of an already existing world. They'll discuss how they create something unique and original within the space of something already established and loved. What are the issues at work in that situation? What freedoms exist there that don't exist when creating a completely original work? |
| Thu | 11:00 | (A03) | 1 hr |
Reading: Brandon Sanderson
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| Thu | 15:00 | (A09) | 1 hr |
Creating Gods
How does an author introduce superbeings into a work without pushing the human characters into insignificance? Gods are often gigantic projections of human characteristics. Can they serve other functions as well? Why are polytheistic settings so common in fantasy? What sources are authors using, and why? Why do readers find them so compelling? |
| Thu | 17:00 | (D05) | 2 hrs |
Writing Excuses Podcast
The Hugo-nominated crew from Writing Excuses will record one of their podcasts - a series of interviews with well-known writers. |
| Fri | 11:00 | (A16) | 1 hr |
Lighting the Fire for Reading
How do you get your kid/young relative/neighbor to read? Why not an SF/F book? What about comics and graphic novels? Where do you start? Start with your own kids - read to them! Authors, editors and educators discuss genre books to give to the next generation. |
| Fri | 14:00 | (Hall 2 Autographs) | 1 hr |
Autographing: Fri 14:00
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| Fri | 17:00 | (D03) | 1 hr |
Post-Modern Fantasy, Epic and Otherwise
There's been considerable discussion of Fantasy, Fantastika, and Post-Modernism. What is this about, and why is it interesting for those who read, review, or critique present day fantasy? |
| Sat | 12:00 | (KK1) | 1 hr |
KaffeeKlatsch: Sat 12:00
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| Sun | 13:00 | (A01+6) | 1 hr |
Twenty Years of the Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time series is perhaps the most influential epic fantasy after Tolkien. The panel looks back at the series and its importance to the genre. |
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