Sarah Rees Brennan
2 universes Last reviewed 2026-08-30
Sarah Rees Brennan was born September 21, 1983, in Ireland. She has been writing since age five and built an early following through a LiveJournal blog with over 4,000 subscribers. She earned a Creative Writing Master's degree from Kingston University in London while writing her debut novel. After graduating, she worked in a Surrey library before relocating to Dublin, where she currently resides. Simon & Schuster signed her to a three-book deal for an undisclosed six-figure sum, and she has since written numerous bestselling works and collaborated on Netflix tie-in novels. Her debut, The Demon's Lexicon (2009), was longlisted for the 2010 Carnegie Medal; In Other Lands (2017) received New York Times recognition; and her adult fantasy Long Live Evil (2024) debuted on USA Today's bestseller list and became a number-one Sunday Times bestseller in the UK. Her honors include winning the 2017 Bisexual Book Award, being a 2018 Lodestar Award finalist, and winning the 2025 European Science Fiction Award for Long Live Evil, alongside multiple ALA selections and reader-voted award nominations. Brennan is a cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma in 2017.
Universe(s)
- Core Canon books: 6
- Current rank: #167 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 4.15
- Award recognitions: None recorded
- Core Canon books: 2
- Current rank: #637 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 3.86
- Award recognitions: 1 won, 1 nomination
Books
Aggregate across all universes
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- Total Core Canon books across all universes: 8 books
- Award recognitions across all universes: 2 (1 won, 1 nomination)
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Long Live Evil (2024) · Time of Iron Core Canon
All Hail Chaos (2026) · Time of Iron Core Canon