Brandon Sanderson
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The only author to make the short list for the David Gemmell Legend Award six times in four years, Brandon has written more than forty novels including the middle-grade series, Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians. Currently living in Utah with his wife and children, Brandon teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University.
Author's Comment: Alcatraz was written as a writing experiment, not as something that I was intending to publish. As the series grew more serious to me, meaning that I developed what I actually wanted to happen – which with me usually happens as I write book two of a series, when I sit down and build an arc for the entire series – I "realified" Alcatraz's world a little bit, if that makes sense, made it its own substantial thing.
Nationality: American