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. Rees Brennan's books are bestsellers in both the UK and USA.

Life and career

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 isLong Live Evilwhich debuted on the USA Today's best seller list and was a number one best seller on the Sunday Times in the UK. Rees Brennan is a cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2017.

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

Lynburn Legacy

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

C.S. Pacat's Fence novelisations

Shadowhunters Universe

Fate: The Winx Saga

Other

Short fiction