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Sarah Rees Brennan
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Born (1983-09-21) 21 September 1983 (age 41)
Ireland
Occupation Writer
Nationality Irish
Alma mater Kingston University London
Period 21st century
Genre Young adult fantasy
Notable works

Sarah Rees Brennan (born 21 September 1983) 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. Rees Brennan's books are bestsellers in both the UK and USA.

Life and career

Rees Brennan was born in Ireland. She obtained a Creative Writing MA from Kingston University in London and worked as a librarian in Surrey, England before moving to Dublin where she currently lives.

Rees Brennan has been writing since the age of five. She has a blog on LiveJournal which has over 4000 subscribers.

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. Since then she has written and collaborated on many bestselling and award-nominated works including In Other Lands and her tie-in work with Netflix. Rees Brennan's most recent novel isLong Live Evilwhich debuted on the USA Today's best seller list and was a number one best seller on the Sunday Times in the UK.

Rees Brennan is a cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2017.

Awards and honors

Three of Brennan's books are Junior Library Guild books: Untold (2014), Unmade (2014), and In Other Lands (2017).

The Demon's Lexicon received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Bulletin, and School Library Journal.

In 2017, The New York Times included In Other Lands on their list of the fall's best young adult fantasy novels.

Awards for Brennan's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
The Demon's Lexicon Leeds Book Award Finalist
2009 Cybils Award for Young Adult Speculative Finalist
2010 ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top 10
Carnegie Medal Longlisted
2013 Unspoken ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection
2014 Team Human Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection
Unmade Andre Norton Award Finalist
2017 In Other Lands Bisexual Book Award for Teen/Young Adult Fiction Winner
Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction Nominee
2018 European Science Fiction Society Award for Best Work of Fiction Finalist
Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book Finalist
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Finalist
2019 ALA Rainbow Book List Selection
Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature Finalist
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