Sarah Rees Brennan

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] Brennan's books are bestsellers in the UK.

Biography

Brennan was born in Ireland. She has lived in New York. She obtained a Creative Writing MA and worked as a librarian in Surrey, England,^[3] before moving to Dublin where she currently lives.

Brennan has been writing since the age of five.^[4] She has a blog on Livejournal which has over 5000 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. The series is YA fantasy, focusing on two brothers, Nick and Alan Ryves, and is set in the urban landscape - London and Exeter - of contemporary England.

Novels

Demon's Lexicon trilogy

• The Demon's Lexicon, June 2009
• The Demon's Covenant, May 2010
• The Demon's Surrender, June 2011

Lynburn Legacy

• Unspoken, June 2012 (Book 1)
• Untold, August 2013 (Book 2)
• Unmade, 2014 (Book 3)
• "The Spring Before I Met You" (Book 0)
• "The Summer Before I Met You" (Book 0.5)
• "The Night After I Lost You" (Book 1.5)

Other

• Team Human, co-authored with Justine Larbalestier, July 2012
• The Bane Chronicles, co-authored with Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson

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

Awards

The Demon's Lexicon

• A 2010 ALA Top Ten Best Book^[5]
• Long-listed for the Carnegie medal
• Top Ten Best British YA Fantasy
• A 2009 Cybils Finalist^[6]
• A finalist for the Leeds Book Award
• Received three starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Bulletin and School Library Journal.

References

External links

• Official website
• Blog at Live Journal
• Cover art and more at Fantastic Fiction
• Author profile at Simon & Schuster
• Sarah Rees Brennan at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Sarah Rees Brennan at Library of Congress Authorities, with 7 catalog records