Brandon submitted many manuscripts for publication . . . He says it made for a rather dismal social life, but he finished seven novels during his undergraduate years. During this era he went to school full time during the day, worked nights to pay for his schooling, and wrote as much as he could. Upon his return to BYU, Brandon became an English major, much to the dismay of his mother, who had always hoped he would become a doctor.īrandon began writing in earnest, taking a job as the night desk clerk at a hotel because they allowed him to write while at work. Brandon often says that it was during this time in Seoul, Korea that he realized that he didn’t miss chemistry one bit, but he did miss writing. From 1995 to 1997 he took time away from his studies to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His first attempts, he says, were dreadful.In 1994 Brandon enrolled at Brigham Young University as a biochemistry major. He liked epic fantasy so much that he even tried his hand at writing some. Brandon continued to be an avid reader through junior high and high school. He discovered such authors as Robert Jordan, Melanie Rawn, David Eddings, Anne McCaffrey, and Orson Scott Card. Brandon thoroughly enjoyed this book, and went in search of anything similar. Reader, gave Brandon Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly. This all changed in eighth grade when an astute teacher, Mrs. As a child Brandon enjoyed reading, but he lost interest in the types of titles often suggested for him, and by junior high he never cracked a book if he could help it. And her accidental discovery in a long forgotten cavern might just grant her a way to claim the stars.īrandon Sanderson was born in December 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Spensa is still determined to fly-even if it means she must be as resilient in the face of long odds as humanity itself has had to be against the alien threat. But her father’s legacy stands in the way-he was a pilot who was killed for desertion years ago, branding Spensa the daughter of a coward, and making her chances of attending flight school slim to none.

Ever since she was a little girl, Spensa has dreamed of soaring skyward and proving her bravery. Pilots are the heroes of what’s left of humanity, and becoming a pilot is Spensa’s dream. Spensa’s world has been under alien attack for decades.

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