Brandon Mull is an American writer who is best known as the author of the Fablehaven fantasy series, which is a New York Times' bestseller. Mull has also written The Candy Shop War.[1] Because many young readers are interested in his books, Brandon crosses the country talking to students, with the message that "imagination can take you places."[2] In an interview, Brandon Mull said
"I've been trying to pull off a writing career, dreaming of it since high school and trying sincerely since college, which has been quite a few years already, so."
The greatest inspiration for his stories are J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and J. K. Rowling.[3]
Biography
Brandon Mull went to Mt. Diablo Elementary School in Clayton, California. Mull then attended Pine Hollow Middle School as a student, and then attended Clayton Valley. He currently lives in Highland, Utah and graduated from BYU (Brigham Young University) in Utah.[4] While at BYU Brandon lead the sketch comedy group Divine Comedy (BYU).[5] Brandon served a two year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chile.[6]
Brandon Mull has worked as a comedian, a filing clerk, a patio installer, a movie promoter, a copywriter, and briefly as a chicken stacker.[6]
Mull is writing a new 3-book series called "Beyonders". The first book was published on the 15th of March, 2011, while the sequel was published on the 13th of March, 2012. He also is going to write a sequel to "The Candy Shop War", titled "The Arcade Catastrophe" to release before Spring 2013. On Brandon's Facebook page he mentioned that he is considering a second Fablehaven series, but wouldn't get serious about it until after the Beyonders series was finished, possibly not until 2013.
Brandon lives with his wife, Mary, and their four children.
List of works
Fablehaven
- Fablehaven, Shadow Mountain 14 June 2006, ISBN 978-1-59038-581-4
- Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star, Shadow Mountain, 1 May 2007, ISBN 978-1-59038-742-9
- Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague, Shadow Mountain, 12 April 2008, ISBN 978-1-59038-898-3
- Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary, Shadow Mountain, 24 March 2009, ISBN 978-1-60641-042-4
- Fablehaven: Keys to the Demon Prison, Shadow Mountain, 23 March 2010, ISBN 978-1-60641-238-1
Beyonders
- Beyonders: A World Without Heroes, Aladdin, March 15, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4169-9792-4
- Seeds of Rebellion, Aladdin, March 13, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4169-9794-8
- Chasing the Prophecy, Aladdin, March 12, 2013
Candy Shop War
- The Candy Shop War, Shadow Mountain, 11 September 2007, ISBN 978-1-59038-783-2
- The Arcade Catastrophe, Shadow Mountain, 23 October 2012
- A third Candy Shop War book
Pingo
- Pingo, illustrated by Brandon Dorman, Shadow Mountain, 5 August 2009, ISBN 978-1-60641-109-4, for ages 4–8
- Pingo and the Playground Bully - Prequel to Pingo, illustrated by Brandon Dorman, Shadow Mountain, 9 October 2012
Film productions
On Mull's website, (included in external links), he has said that Fablehaven and The Candy Shop War have been optioned by Avi Arad and New Regency (respectively).
References
External links
- Fablehaven official site
- Candy Shop War official site
- Brandon Mull's website
- Brandon Mull's blog
- Glenn Beck CNN Headline News Interview
- Interview with Seattle based Talk Show the Dr. Pat Show
- Vorlage:Isfdb name
- ↑ Will the Next Harry Potter Be a Mormon?
- ↑ Chris Howard: Interview With Brandon Mull
- ↑ Teens Read Too - Interview with Brandon Mull
- ↑ AZ Central - 'Fablehaven' author Brandon Mull
- ↑ http://universe.byu.edu/index.php/2011/08/01/making-1-on-the-new-york-times-bestseller-list
- ↑ a b Deseret News - Mull converted daydreaming into dream job Referenzfehler: Ungültiges
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