Sarah Rees Brennan

Rees Brennan was born in Ireland. She obtained a Creative Writing MA from Kingston University in London and worked as a librarian in Surrey, England before moving to Dublin where she currently lives. Rees Brennan has been writing since the age of five. She has a blog on LiveJournal which has over 4000 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. 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. Rees Brennan's most recent novel is Long Live Evil which debuted on the USA Today's best seller list Rees Brennan is a cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2017. In October 2025, Rees Brennan was a guest on the Off the Shelf podcast. == Awards and honors ==

Three of Brennan's books are Junior Library Guild books: Untold (2014), Unmade (2014), and In Other Lands (2017). ''The Demon's Lexicon received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Bulletin, and School Library Journal''. In 2017, The New York Times included In Other Lands on their list of the fall's best young adult fantasy novels. == 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 ==== • 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 • Ghosts of the Shadow Market, co-authored with Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, Kelly Link 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 • Team Human, co-authored with Justine Larbalestier, July 2012 • 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 • "Happily Ever After Comes Round" in Uncanny Magazine May-June 2024, ed. Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas ==References==