Irish writer
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]
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]
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
- Fence: Striking Distance, September 2020
- Fence: Disarmed, May 2021
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
- "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
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