Sarah Rees Brennan

Sarah Rees Brennan (born 21 September 1983)^[1] is an Irish fantasy novelist. Her books are bestsellers in both the UK and USA.^[2]

Sarah Rees Brennan
Born	(1983-09-21) 21 September 1983 (age 41) Ireland
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Irish
Alma mater	Kingston University London
Period	21st century
Genre	fantasy, young adult fiction
Notable works	The Demon's Lexicon In Other Lands Long Live Evil
Website
sarahreesbrennan.com

Rees Brennan's first novel, The Demon's Lexicon (2009), was longlisted for the 2010 Carnegie Medal.^[3] Her fantasy novel In Other Lands was a finalist for the 2017 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book.^[4] Her adult fantasy novel Long Live Evil debuted on the USA Today's best seller list^[2] and became a #1 Sunday Times bestseller on release in the UK,^[5] and appeared on both The New York Times 2024 Best of Fantasy list and The New York Times Best of Romance list.^[6][7] Rees Brennan's work was listed twice in the 2024 Locus Recommended Reading List - her Hansel and Gretel retelling "Happily Ever After Comes Round" was recommended in the Short Stories category and Long Live Evil was recommended in Novels - Fantasy.^[8]

Life and career

Rees Brennan was born in Ireland. She obtained a Creative Writing MA from Kingston University in London^[9] and worked as a librarian in Surrey, England^[10] before moving to Dublin where she currently lives.

Rees Brennan has been writing since the age of five.^[11] She has a blog on LiveJournal which has over 4000 subscribers.^[12]

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.^{[citation needed]} Rees Brennan's most recent novel is Long Live Evil which debuted on the USA Today's best seller list^[2] and was a number one best seller on the Sunday Times in the UK.^[13]

Rees Brennan is a cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2017.^[14]

Awards and honors

Three of Brennan's books are Junior Library Guild books: Untold (2014),^[15] Unmade (2014),^[16] and In Other Lands (2017).^[17]

The Demon's Lexicon received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews,^[18] Bulletin,^[19] and School Library Journal.^[20]

In 2017, The New York Times included In Other Lands on their list of the fall's best young adult fantasy novels.^[21]

Awards for Brennan's writing

Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
	The Demon's Lexicon	Leeds Book Award	Finalist	[citation needed]
2009		Cybils Award for Young Adult Speculative	Finalist	[22]
2010		ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults	Top 10	[23]
		Carnegie Medal	Longlisted	[citation needed]
2013	Unspoken	ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults	Selection	[24]
2014	Team Human	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Selection	[25]
	Unmade	Andre Norton Award	Finalist	[16][26]
2017	In Other Lands	Bisexual Book Award for Teen/Young Adult Fiction	Winner	[27]
		Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction	Nominee	[28]
2018		European Science Fiction Society Award for Best Work of Fiction	Finalist	[29]
		Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book	Finalist	[30]
		Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book	Finalist	[31][32]
2019		ALA Rainbow Book List	Selection	[33]
		Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature	Finalist	[34]
2025	Long Live Evil	ESFS Award for Best Written Work of Fiction	Won	[35]

Publications

Novels

Demon's Lexicon Trilogy

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

Lynburn Legacy

• Unspoken, June 2012 (Book 1)
• Untold, August 2013 (Book 2)
• Unmade, 2014 (Book 3)
• The Spring Before I Met You, September 2012 (Book 0.25)
• The Summer Before I Met You, September 2012 (Book 0.5)
• The Night After I Lost You (Book 1.5)

Shadowhunters Universe

• Team Human, co-authored with Justine Larbalestier, July 2012
• The Bane Chronicles, co-authored with Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson
• Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, co-authored with Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson and Robin Wasserman

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

• Season of the Witch (Book 1), July 2019
• Daughter of Chaos (Book 2), December 2019
• Path of Night (Book 3), May 2020

C.S. Pacat's Fence novelisations

• Fence: Striking Distance, September 2020
• Fence: Disarmed, May 2021

Fate: The Winx Saga

• The Fairies' Path, as Ava Corrigan, March 2021
• Lighting the Fire, August 2022

Time of Iron

• Long Live Evil, August 2024
• All Hail Chaos, forthcoming from Orbit Books

Stand-alone novels

• Tell the Wind and Fire, April 2016
• In Other Lands, August 2017

Short fiction

• "Undead Is Very Hot Right Now" in The Eternal Kiss, ed. Trisha Telep
• "The Spy Who Never Grew Up" in Kiss Me Deadly, ed. Trisha Telep
• "Queen of Atlantis" in Subterranean Press Magazine: Summer 2011, ed. Gwenda Bond
• "Lets Get This Undead Show on the Road" in Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions, ed. Melissa Marr
• "Faint Heart" in After, ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
• "Treasure and Maidens" in Scheherazade's Facade, ed. Michael M. Jones
• "I Gave You My Love by the Light of The Moon" in Defy the Dark, ed. Saundra Mitchell
• "Beauty and the Chad" in Grim, ed. Christine Johnson
• "Wings in the Morning" in Monstrous Affections, ed. Kelly Link
• "Tears Waiting to Be Diamonds" Part One and Part Two in The Sunday Morning Transport^[36][37]