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Pierce Brown (born January 28, 1988) is an American science fiction author who writes the Red Rising series, consisting of Red Rising (2014), Golden Son (2015), Morning Star (2016), Iron Gold (2018), Dark Age (2019), and Light Bringer (2023). He has also written a six-issue prequel comic book series, Red Rising: Sons of Ares, which was published in 2017. Personal life Pierce Brown grew up in seven different states. His mother, Colleen Birdnow Brown, was the President and CEO of Fisher Communications and the Chairman of American Apparel's Board of Directors. His father, Guy Brown, is a former local banker. Brown graduated from Pepperdine University, where he majored in political science and economics. After graduation, he worked a variety of jobs in politics and startup tech companies. Brown was working for the NBC Page Program in Burbank, California and living in his former political science professor's garage when he sold Red Rising in 2012. Career Brown wrote six novels and faced rejection from over 120 agents before selling Red Rising. He wrote the novel in two months above his parents' garage in Seattle, Washington. Red Rising, published in 2014, received widespread positive reviews, and hit #20 on The New York Times Best Seller list. The 2015 sequel, Golden Son, hit #6 on the same list and was equally praised by critics. In 2016, Morning Star reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list in Adult Hardcover, Digital Book and cumulative. It also reached #1 on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list. In February 2014, shortly after the release of Red Rising, Universal Pictures acquired the rights for a film adaptation in a 7-figure auction. Marc Forster is set to direct, with Brown writing the screenplay. Brown told Entertainment Weekly that after completing the original trilogy, "I took a meager little break, mostly to stretch my screenwriting muscles." As of February 2016, the film was still in development, with Brown having written the first two drafts. He said in March 2016, "I have written the first two drafts of the film and now we're on the third. Hopefully it will be greenlit this year. The vision from the film makers is 'Lawrence of Arabia in space', which is terribly exciting for me as it's my favorite film." The rights eventually reverted to Brown, and in January 2018, Brown said he was developing Red Rising as a television series. Brown confirmed in October 2018 that the project had a director and a showrunner, and added that the film rights had also been resold to an unspecified studio. Brown announced a sequel trilogy in February 2016, to begin with the novel Iron Gold in August 2017. A prequel comic book series, Red Rising: Sons of Ares, debuted in May 2017. Brown said of his writing: It's been fun to have it take on a life of its own. I feel like I'm not even creating as much as I'm revealing things, and that’s a really lovely thing for me to have because it's so fun to get to explore my own world ... Anyone who writes books is at least mostly an introvert. It's amazing to be able to share that internalized part of myself, that little world that no one really knows about. I just wrote it down on a piece of paper just to be crazy, and people loving that is so strange. The author has said that his writing has been "hugely" influenced by his readers' feedback, explaining: I was able to see which punches connected with the readers. It can teach you to be a better writer. I could see readers' perspectives of Darrow evolve and was able to mold him to evolve with that. I also don't want to take away from the reader's imagination. I don't talk too much about how most of my characters look, I want them to have a tonal quality where the reader creates the image for themselves. Brown also noted the popularity of his novels among the LGBT community, saying "It's amazing that they have found a home in these books ... All these lost souls in my books have connected with people and I find it incredibly moving." As of June 2021, the Red Rising saga had sold over 2 million copies in the US alone. Reception Marc Snetiker of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Brown has packed his pages with an astonishing amount of cinematic action and twists", and Jason Sheehan of NPR agreed that "Brown writes layered, flawed characters ... but plot is his most breathtaking strength ... Every action seems to flow into the next." Kirkus Reviews called the third installment, Morning Star, "multilayered and seething with characters who exist in a shadow world between history and myth, much as in Frank Herbert’s Dune ... an ambitious and satisfying conclusion to a monumental saga". Brown is the recipient of the Goodreads 2014 Best New Novelist Award, as well as the Goodreads Best Science Fiction Novel Award in 2015 for Golden Son and in 2016 for Morning Star. Bibliography Novels Red Rising (2014) Golden Son (2015) Morning Star (2016) Iron Gold (2018) Dark Age (2019) Light Bringer (2023) Red God (TBD) ——————— Bibliography notes Comic books Red Rising: Sons of Ares (2017) Red Rising: Sons of Ares – Volume 2: Wrath (2020) Red Rising: Sons of Ares – Volume 3: Forbidden Song (2023) Short stories Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View – "Desert Son" (2017) References External links Pierce Brown on Twitter Pierce Brown at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Discover the Pierce Brown popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Pierce Brown books.
Best Seller Pierce Brown Books of 2024
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The Portrait of a Lady
Henry James & Geoffrey MooreWhen Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy the fr...
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The Boston Globe Story of the Celtics
The Boston Globe & Chad FinnExperience the illustrious and passionate history of The Boston Celtics, one of NBA’s most popular franchises, as it happened through the articles, features, and lens of their home...
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The Third Grave
Lisa JacksonA thrilling new crime novel from the bestselling author of You Betrayed Me, perfect for fans of Sandra Brown and Iris Johansen! Return to the dark side of Savannah, Georgia where a...
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Light Bringer
Pierce BrownNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Darrow returns as Pierce Brown’s New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age.The Reaper is a legend, more ...
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Der Genesis-Plan - SIGMA Force
James RollinsDie schlimmste Bedrohung der Menschheitsgeschichte ist nicht besiegt! Der 3. Fall für die Spezialeinheit SIGMAForce.Kurz bevor NaziDeutschland im zweiten Weltkrieg endlich unterlag...
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Das Flammenzeichen
James RollinsDer Kampf um das Schicksal der Menschheit hat begonnen – im sechsten Roman um die Topagenten der SIGMA Force.Der Sohn des einflussreichen USSenators Sebastian Gorman wurde in Afrik...
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Red Rising
Pierce BrownNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. “Red ...
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The Boston Celtics
Michael D. McClellan & Volk JanSince the team’s inception in 1946, the Boston Celtics have been at the heart of the culture and history of the city they call home. And as Boston has transformed over the years, t...
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The Second Rebel
Linden A. LewisLinden A. Lewis returns with this next installment of The First Sister Trilogy, perfect for fans of Red Rising, The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Expanse.Astrid has reclaimed her name a...
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The Boston Celtics
Michael D. McClellan & Volk JanSince the team’s inception in 1946, the Boston Celtics have been at the heart of the culture and history of the city they call home. And as Boston has transformed over the years, t...
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Any Time, Any Place
Jennifer ProbstHGTV’s Property Brothers meets The Marriage Bargain in this second volume in the Billionaire Builders series, an allnew heartwrenching and sexy contemporary romance from New York T...
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Decade of Disunion
Robert W. MerryExploring a critical lesson about our nation that is as timely today as ever, Decade of Disunion shows how the country came apart during the enveloping slavery crisis of the 1850s....
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Godslayers
Zoe Hana MikutaGodslayersZoe Hana Mikuta's highoctane sequel to Gearbreakersis perfect for fans of Pacific Rim, Pierce Brown's Red Rising Saga, and Marie Lu's Legend series.The only way to kill a...
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Iron Gold
Pierce BrownNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the epic next chapter of the Red Rising Saga, the #1 bestselling author of Morning Star pushes the boundaries of one of the boldest series i...
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Golden Son
Pierce BrownNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, b...
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The First Sister
Linden A. LewisCombining the social commentary of The Handmaid’s Tale with the whiteknuckled thrills of Red Rising, this epic space opera filled with “lush prose” (Publishers Weekly) follows a co...
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The Last Hero
Linden A. LewisThe flame of rebellion burns across the solar system in this dazzling conclusion to Linden A. Lewis’s stunning First Sister trilogy perfect for fans of Red Rising, The Handmaid’s T...
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Dark Age
Pierce BrownNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The bestselling author of Morning Star returns to the Red Rising universe with the thrilling sequel to Iron Gold. “Brown’s plots are like a depth ch...
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Brown v. Pierce
United States Supreme CourtMessrs. Carlisle and Woolworth, for the appellant, Morton. 1. No replication having been filed, the cause, as between Brown and Morton, was heard on bill and answer, and it comes h...
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Red Rising 3-Book Bundle
Pierce BrownWitness the war of the galaxy as a rebel fights for the freedom of his people in the first three novels of the bestselling Red Rising seriesand a bonus extended excerpt of the four...
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Morning Star
Pierce Brown#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Son changed the game and took the story of Darrow to the next ...