Brandon Sanderson is the best-selling fantasy novelist of the MISTBORN series. His novel ELANTRIS was chosen by Barnes and Noble as the best science fiction or fantasy book of 2005, and his works have been translated into fourteen languages. In 2007, he released his first children’s novel, ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBARARIANS. Brandon has a Master’s Degree in creative writing, and in his spare time he teaches a science fiction and fantasy themed creative writing class at Brigham Young University. In December of 2007, Robert Jordan’s estate announced that Brandon would be completing the final book in the WHEEL OF TIME series following Mr. Jordan’s untimely death earlier in the year.