Sarah Rees Brennan | |
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Born |
Ireland |
21 September 1983
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Irish |
Period | 21st century |
Genre | Young adult fantasy |
Website | |
sarahreesbrennan |
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. Brennan's books are bestsellers in the UK.
Brennan was born in Ireland.She lived in New York after college. She obtained a Creative Writing MA and worked as a librarian in Surrey, England, before moving to Dublin where she currently lives.
Brennan has been writing since the age of five. She has a blog on Livejournal which has over 5000 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. The series is YA fantasy, focusing on two brothers, Nick and Alan Ryves, and is set in the urban landscape - London and Exeter - of contemporary England.
The Demon's Lexicon