Sarah Rees Brennan

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Sarah Rees Brennan
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Born (1983-09-21) 21 September 1983 (age 41)
Ireland
OccupationWriter
NationalityIrish
Alma mater Kingston University London
Period21st century
Genre Young adult fantasy
Notable works
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] Rees Brennan's books are bestsellers in both the UK and USA. [3]

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Life and career

Rees Brennan was born in Ireland. She obtained a Creative Writing MA from Kingston University in London [4] and worked as a librarian in Surrey, England [5] before moving to Dublin where she currently lives.

Rees Brennan has been writing since the age of five. [6] 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. Since then she has written and collaborated on many bestselling and award-nominated works including In Other Lands and her tie-in work with Netflix. Rees Brennan's most recent novel is Long Live Evil which debuted on the USA Today's best seller list [3] and was a number one best seller on the Sunday Times in the UK. [7]

Rees Brennan is a cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2017. [8]

Awards and honors

Three of Brennan's books are Junior Library Guild books: Untold (2014), [9] Unmade (2014), [10] and In Other Lands (2017). [11]

The Demon's Lexicon received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews , [12] Bulletin, [13] and School Library Journal . [14]

In 2017, The New York Times included In Other Lands on their list of the fall's best young adult fantasy novels. [15]

Awards for Brennan's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
The Demon's Lexicon Leeds Book AwardFinalist[ citation needed ]
2009 Cybils Award for Young Adult SpeculativeFinalist [16]
2010 ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top 10 [17]
Carnegie Medal Longlisted[ citation needed ]
2013Unspoken ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection [18]
2014Team Human Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection [19]
Unmade Andre Norton Award Finalist [10] [20]
2017 In Other Lands Bisexual Book Award for Teen/Young Adult FictionWinner [21]
Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science FictionNominee [22]
2018 European Science Fiction Society Award for Best Work of FictionFinalist [23]
Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book Finalist [24]
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Finalist [25] [26]
2019 ALA Rainbow Book List Selection [27]
Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature Finalist [28]

Publications

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

  • The Fairies' Path, as Ava Corrigan, March 2021
  • Lighting the Fire, August 2022

Other

  • Tell the Wind and Fire, April 2016
  • In Other Lands, August 2017
  • Long Live Evil, August 2024

Short fiction

References

  1. ↑ "sarahtales - Profile". LiveJournal . Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Sarah's magic touch lands the writer a three-book deal". Archived from the original on 2 November 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Weekly Bestsellers, 9 September 2024". Locus Online. 9 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Sarah Rees Brennan Archived 7 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine - After you Graduate, Kingston University London.
  5. ↑ "Sarah Rees Brennan". Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  6. ↑ [Back of first novel, Interview with Sarah Rees Brennan, author of The Demon's Lexicon] [ full citation needed ]
  7. ↑ "Long Live Evil". 17 January 2024.
  8. ↑ Press Association (16 February 2020). "'People were complimenting my weight loss' Sarah Rees Brennan on battling cancer". Her.ie . Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Untold by Sarah Rees Brennan". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Unmade: The Lynburn Legacy, Book 3 by Sarah Rees Brennan". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "In Other Lands: A Novel by Sarah Rees Brennan". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "THE DEMON'S LEXICON". Kirkus Reviews.
  13. ↑ McDowell, Kate (July 2009). "The Demon's Lexicon (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 62 (11): 436–436. doi:10.1353/bcc.0.1058.
  14. ↑ Rees, Brennan, Sarah. "The Demon". School Library Journal.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ↑ "Who's a Hero? Who's a Villain? It's Anyone's Guess in This Fall's Best Y.A. Fantasy". The New York Times . 9 November 2017. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  16. ↑ "2009 Cybils Finalists". Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  17. ↑ "2010 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults". American Library Association . Archived from the original on 17 January 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  18. ↑ "Unspoken: The Lynburn Legacy | Awards & Grants". American Library Association . 4 February 2013. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  19. ↑ "Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2014". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  20. ↑ "2014 Nebula Awards Winners". Locus Online . 7 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  21. ↑ "2017 Bisexual Book Awards Winners". Locus Online . 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  22. ↑ "In Other Lands". Goodreads . Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  23. ↑ "2018 ESFS Awards Winners". Locus Online . 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  24. ↑ "2018 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online . 23 June 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  25. ↑ "2018 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 15 March 2018. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  26. ↑ "2018 Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners". Locus Online . 20 August 2018. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  27. ↑ "The 2019 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. American Library Association. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  28. ↑ "2019 Mythopoeic Awards Winners". Locus Online . 5 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  29. ↑ Transport, The Sunday Morning. "Tears Waiting to Be Diamonds: Part One". www.sundaymorningtransport.com. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  30. ↑ Transport, The Sunday Morning. "Tears Waiting to Be Diamonds: Part Two". www.sundaymorningtransport.com. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
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