DCR Mini Boss: Brandon Sanderson

Published: Nov. 8, 2013, 1 a.m.

b'Dungeon Crawlers Radio welcomes back to the show\\xa0 author Brandon Sanderson to talk about his latest book Steelheart a #1 on the New York Times bestseller list in the Young Adult category and the other projects he is working on.\\n Brandon Sanderson is the only author to make the short list for the David Gemmell Legend Award six times in four years, which Brandon won the award in 2011 for\\xa0The Way of Kings\\xa0and was once again on the short list again in 2012 for\\xa0The Alloy of Law. He has also won the\\xa0Romantic Times\\xa0Reviewers\\u2019 Choice award for Best Epic Fantasy twice and has been nominated three other years. He was twice nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He has hit the\\xa0New York Times\\xa0Hardcover Fiction Best-Seller List six times, with his first Wheel of Time book knocking Dan Brown out of the #1 spot and his second dethroning John Grisham.\\xa0Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians\\xa0was optioned for film by DreamWorks Animation,\\xa0Mistborn\\xa0was optioned by Paloppa Pictures, and a Mistborn video game will be released by Little Orbit in 2013 for all platforms. Brandon\\u2019s books have been published in over twenty languages.\\n This interview will be\\xa0broadcasted live from\\xa0Epic Puzzles and Games in West Valley City starting at 6:00pm MST.'