When looking for a good book to read (or listen to) one needs to consider who the author is and their writing skills. The best way to tell if you are going to like a book is to determine if you like a certain author and their writing style. One of the best, new fantasy / fiction novel authors is Brandon Sanderson.

Brandon Sanderson received his masters degree in Creative Writing at Brigham Young University in 2005. As a new, novel author, Sanderson has come a long way by creating some of the best fantasy books out on the market today.

Sanderson was chosen to finish The Wheel of Time series after Robert Jordan's death. For such a new author this was an incredible opportunity to get his name out there and to show off his writing skills. He did an amazing job completing The Wheel of Time novels. After he completed Robert Jordan's novels Sanderson became famous. As his fame grew and grew, Sanderson embarked on his own writing career. He has created some of the best fantasy books and plans on continuing his writing career for many years to come.

Some of the novels Sanderson is known for are Warbreaker, Elantris, The Mistborn Trilogy, and The Stormlight Archives. Sanderson shows off his incredible writing skills in each of these novels and encompasses you in amazing fantasy worlds. In each of his novels Sanderson uses a different type of magic. Each story is different but every novel involves magic and a tale of hope, war, or overcoming trials and tribulations. Sanderson puts lots of passion and care in writing his novels. He is an amazing novel author with some incredible talent.

For those who cannot get enough of Brandon Sanderson there is no need for fear, at least not for another few years. Sanderson has hinted at creating a ten-part series called The Stormlight Archives. The Way of Kings is the first of this series and Sanderson plans on creating more of these novels. He plans on releasing a new book each year so fans of Brandon Sanderson will have a new book to enjoy for years to come. If The Way of Kings is any indicator of how good these novels will be you can expect to enjoy all of these novels. You will not be sorry for buying and reading these amazing books. Sanderson is truly the best novel author in the fantasy / fiction genre.