Bradley P. Beaulieu
1 universe Last reviewed 2026-08-27
Bradley P. Beaulieu is an American epic fantasy author who began writing in college and has published fiction since 2011. He studied under prominent genre writers including Nancy Kress, Joe Haldeman, Tim Powers, and Holly Black, and has received award recognition including a Gemmell Morningstar Award nomination for his debut novel, The Winds of Khalakovo, first book of The Lays of Anuskaya, a trilogy that concluded in 2013. He is best known for The Song of the Shattered Sands, beginning with Twelve Kings in Sharakhai (2015), a desert-set epic fantasy sequence that expanded across six subsequent novels through 2021, along with additional related short fiction and novellas set in the same world. His more recent work includes The Dragons of Deepwood Fen (2023), which introduced a new fantasy setting, with a further novel scheduled for 2026. Across his body of work, Beaulieu has built a reputation for richly detailed, culturally distinct fantasy worlds and immersive, politically complex plotting within the epic fantasy tradition.
Universe(s)
- Core Canon books: 6
- Current rank: #280 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 4.07
- Award recognitions: None recorded
Books
Aggregate across all universes
- Total Core Canon books across all universes: 6 books
- Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)
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Twelve Kings in Sharakhai (2015) · The Song of the Shattered Sands Core Canon
With Blood Upon the Sand (2017) · The Song of the Shattered Sands Core Canon
A Veil of Spears (2018) · The Song of the Shattered Sands Core Canon
Beneath the Twisted Trees (2019) · The Song of the Shattered Sands Core Canon
When Jackals Storm the Walls (2020) · The Song of the Shattered Sands Core Canon
A Desert Torn Asunder (2021) · The Song of the Shattered Sands Core Canon