Sarah Rees Brennan Last updated July 04, 2025 Irish writer
Sarah Rees Brennan (born 21 September 1983) [ 1] is an Irish fantasy novelist. Her books are bestsellers in both the UK and USA. [ 2]
Rees Brennan's first novel, The Demon's Lexicon (2009), was longlisted for the 2010 Carnegie Medal . [ 3] Her fantasy novel In Other Lands was a finalist for the 2017 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book . [ 4] Her adult fantasy novel Long Live Evil debuted on the USA Today's best seller list [ 2] and became a #1 Sunday Times bestseller on release in the UK, [ 5] and appeared on both The New York Times 2024 Best of Fantasy list and The New York Times Best of Romance list. [ 6] [ 7] Rees Brennan's work was listed twice in the 2024 Locus Recommended Reading List - her Hansel and Gretel retelling "Happily Ever After Comes Round" was recommended in the Short Stories category and Long Live Evil was recommended in Novels - Fantasy. [ 8]
Life and career Rees Brennan was born in Ireland. She obtained a Creative Writing MA from Kingston University in London [ 9] and worked as a librarian in Surrey , England [ 10] before moving to Dublin where she currently lives.
Rees Brennan has been writing since the age of five. [ 11] She has a blog on LiveJournal which has over 4000 subscribers. [ 12]
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.[ citation needed ] Rees Brennan's most recent novel is Long Live Evil which debuted on the USA Today's best seller list [ 2] and was a number one best seller on the Sunday Times in the UK. [ 13]
Rees Brennan is a cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2017. [ 14]
Publications Novels 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)Season of the Witch (Book 1), July 2019Daughter of Chaos (Book 2), December 2019Path of Night (Book 3), May 2020Fence: Striking Distance , September 2020Fence: Disarmed , May 2021The Fairies' Path , as Ava Corrigan, March 2021Lighting the Fire , August 2022Time of Iron Long Live Evil , August 2024All Hail Chaos , forthcoming from Orbit Books 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 "Tears Waiting to Be Diamonds" Part One and Part Two in The Sunday Morning Transport [ 36] [ 37] References ↑ "sarahtales - Profile" . LiveJournal . Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023 . 1 2 3 "Weekly Bestsellers, 9 September 2024" . Locus Online . 9 September 2024. ↑ "The CILIP Carnegie Medal Nominations for 2010" . Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2025 . ↑ "2018 Hugo Awards" . 19 August 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2025 . ↑ "Long Live Evil" . 17 January 2024. ↑ "New York Times The Best Science Fiction Novels of 2024" . 6 December 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2025 . ↑ "New York Times The Best Romance Fiction Novels of 2024" . 5 December 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2025 . ↑ "Locus 2024 Recommended Reading List" . 1 February 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025 . ↑ Sarah Rees Brennan Archived 7 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine - After you Graduate, Kingston University London. ↑ "Sarah Rees Brennan" . Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2009 . ↑ [Back of first novel, Interview with Sarah Rees Brennan, author of The Demon's Lexicon] [ full citation needed ] ↑ "Sarah's magic touch lands the writer a three-book deal" . Archived from the original on 2 November 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2009 . ↑ "Long Live Evil" . 17 January 2024. ↑ 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 . ↑ "Untold by Sarah Rees Brennan" . Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 5 April 2023 . 1 2 "Unmade: The Lynburn Legacy, Book 3 by Sarah Rees Brennan" . Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 5 April 2023 . ↑ "In Other Lands: A Novel by Sarah Rees Brennan" . Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 5 April 2023 . ↑ "THE DEMON'S LEXICON" . Kirkus Reviews. ↑ 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 . ↑ Rees, Brennan, Sarah. "The Demon" . School Library Journal . {{cite web }}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link ) ↑ "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 . ↑ "2009 Cybils Finalists" . Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023 . ↑ "2010 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults" . American Library Association . Archived from the original on 17 January 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2023 . ↑ "Unspoken: The Lynburn Legacy | Awards & Grants" . American Library Association . 4 February 2013. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2023 . ↑ "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 . ↑ "2014 Nebula Awards Winners" . Locus Online . 7 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023 . ↑ "2017 Bisexual Book Awards Winners" . Locus Online . 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023 . ↑ "In Other Lands" . Goodreads . Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023 . ↑ "2018 ESFS Awards Winners" . Locus Online . 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023 . ↑ "2018 Locus Awards Winners" . Locus Online . 23 June 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2023 . ↑ "2018 Hugo Awards" . The Hugo Awards . 15 March 2018. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023 . ↑ "2018 Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners" . Locus Online . 20 August 2018. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023 . ↑ "The 2019 Rainbow Book List" . Rainbow Book List . American Library Association . Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2023 . ↑ "2019 Mythopoeic Awards Winners" . Locus Online . 5 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023 . ↑ "2025 ESFS Awards Winners" . 2 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2023 . ↑ Transport, The Sunday Morning. "Tears Waiting to Be Diamonds: Part One" . www.sundaymorningtransport.com . Retrieved 16 February 2025 . ↑ Transport, The Sunday Morning. "Tears Waiting to Be Diamonds: Part Two" . www.sundaymorningtransport.com . Retrieved 16 February 2025 . External links
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