Brent Weeks
Author of The Way of Shadows
About the Author
New York Time bestselling author Brent Weeks was born and raised in Montana. He graduated from Hillsdale College and is the author of the Lightbringer series and the Night Angel series. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Series
Works by Brent Weeks
Gunner's Apprentice 49 copies
I, Night Angel 29 copies
Brent Weeks 5 Books Collection Set (The Black Prism, The Blinding Knife, The Broken Eye, The Blood Mirror, The Burning… (2019) 6 copies
Lightbringer Series Brent Weeks Collection 3 Books Bundle (The Black Prism, The Blinding Knife, The Broken Eye) (2017) 3 copies
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- Canonical name
- Weeks, Brent
- Legal name
- Weeks, Brent
- Birthdate
- 1977-03-07
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Montana
- Places of residence
- Montana, USA
Portland, Oregon, USA - Education
- Hillsdale College (BA | English)
- Occupations
- high school English teacher (Salem Academy)
- Short biography
- Brent Weeks (born March 7, 1977) is an American fantasy writer. His debut novel, The Way of Shadows, hit The New York Times Best Seller list in April 2009. Each of the five books in his Lightbringer Series made the NYT list as well, starting with The Black Prism in 2010. He lives and works near Portland, Oregon with his wife, Kristi, and their two daughters.
Weeks was born in Whitefish, Montana on March 7, 1977. He attended Whitefish High School, and graduated from Hillsdale College in 2000 with a degree in English. He has said that he decided to try writing novels during a semester abroad at Oxford College, an experience that was influential to him personally and professionally. He briefly worked as a teacher at Salem Academy in Oregon and as a bartender before moving to writing full-time.
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Fiction Assassin story/ Orbs of power in Name that Book (March 2016)
The Black Prism - Brent Weeks in FF-Leesclub Forum (February 2011)
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- Works
- 39
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 21,528
- Popularity
- #1,003
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 569
- ISBNs
- 296
- Languages
- 13
- Favorited
- 68
- Great plot
- Interesting hard magic system
- Captivating plot filled with suspense and revelations
The novel felt like a Brandon Sanderson book with a personal spin. Definitely something to read while awaiting the next Stormlight Archives.