Sarah Rees Brennan

Sarah Rees Brennan
Born	21 September 1983 (1983-09-21) (age 28) Ireland
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Irish
Period	21st century
Genres	Fantasy
Literary movement	Young-adult
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Sarah Rees Brennan (born 21 September 1983)^[1] is an Irish young-adult fantasy author. 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.

Novels

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

The Demon's Lexicon trilogy is a YA fantasy series focusing on two brothers, Nick and Alan Ryves, and is set in the urban landscape - London and Exeter - of contemporary England.

Right now she's working on her new trilogy's first book called "Unspoken" which is due to be released in June 2012.

"Team Human", which she co-authored with Justine Larbalestier, is going to be released in July 2012.

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, Bulletin and School Library Journal.

Short Fiction

'Undead Is Very Hot Right Now' in the anthology The Eternal Kiss, ed. Trisha Telep

'Lets Get This Undead Show on the Road' in the anthology Enthralled:Paranormal Diversions, ed. Melissa Marr

'The Spy Who Never Grew Up' in the anthology Kiss Me Deadly, ed. Trisha Telep

A vast collection of popular Harry Potter fan-fiction, which was taken down after the publication of her first book.

References

1. ^ Sarah Rees Brennan's livejournal profile
2. ^ ^{a b} Sarah's magic touch lands the writer a three-book deal
3. ^ Sarah Rees Brennan
4. ^ [Back of first novel, Interview with Sarah Rees Brennan, author of The Demon's Lexicon]
5. ^ [1]
6. ^ "2009 Cybils". Children's And Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards. http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/2009-finalists-young-adult-fantasy-science-fiction.html. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 

External links

• Sarah Rees Brennan's blog
• Entry about Sarah Rees Brennan at Fantastic Fiction
• Simon & Schuster Profile of Sarah Rees Brennan
• Official website

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Name	Brennan, Sarah Rees
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Date of birth	21 September 1983
Place of birth	Ireland
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