Brian McClellan

McClellan began writing when he was fifteen, starting at Wheel of Time role playing websites. He began working on short stories and novellas in his late teens, when he was encouraged toward writing by his parents.{{cite web |url=http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/04/interview-brian-mcclellan-talks-epic-fantasy-and-promise-of-blood/ |title=Interview:Brian McClellan Talks Epic Fantasy and "Promise of Blood" |author=Weimer, Paul |publisher=SF Signal |date=April 3, 2013 |accessdate=February 11, 2014 |archive-date=October 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030151254/https://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/04/interview-brian-mcclellan-talks-epic-fantasy-and-promise-of-blood/ |url-status=dead }}

McClellan went on to major in English with an emphasis on creative writing at Brigham Young University, where he met American author Brandon Sanderson, joining his writing classes.{{cite web|url=http://robbedford.blogspot.be/2013/04/guest-post-brian-mcclellan-on-learning.html |title=Rob's Blog o' Stuff: Guest Post: Brian McClellan on Learning to Write from Brandon Sanderson |publisher=Robbedford.blogspot.be |date=April 8, 2013 |accessdate=January 5, 2014}} McClellan, wanting his writing to be more than just art, was determined to become a full-time writer. In 2006 he attended Orson Scott Card's Literary Bootcamp. In 2008 he received honorable mention in the Writers of the Future Contest.

McClellan published his first book, Promise of Blood, in 2013. The second book, The Crimson Campaign, was released in May 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.brianmcclellan.com/books/the-crimson-campaign/ |title=» The Crimson Campaign |publisher=Brianmcclellan.com |date=May 6, 2013 |accessdate=January 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227230624/http://www.brianmcclellan.com/books/the-crimson-campaign/ |archivedate=December 27, 2013 }} In February 2015, his next novel, The Autumn Republic concluded{{cite web|url=http://www.orbitbooks.net/2015/02/12/exciting-conclusion-powder-mage-trilogy-autumn-republic-now |title=» THE AUTUMN REPUBLIC – the exciting conclusion to the Powder Mage trilogy is out now! |publisher=Orbitbooks.net |date=February 12, 2015 |accessdate=September 5, 2015}} the planned Powder Mage trilogy. He then published a sequel trilogy that had tentatively been entitled Goddess of the Empire before being replaced by the more thematically over-arching Gods of Blood and Powder. In 2019 Tor Books announced that they would be working with him to publish his new series, The Glass Immortals.

In 2014, his debut novel, Promise of Blood, won the Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer.{{cite web |url=http://www.gemmellaward.com/profiles/blogs/gemmell-awards-2014-the-winners |title=Gemmell Awards for Fantasy - the 2014 winners! |work=DLGA blog |accessdate=June 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707073649/http://gemmellaward.com/profiles/blogs/gemmell-awards-2014-the-winners |archivedate=July 7, 2014}}

{{main|The Powder Mage trilogy}}

• Promise of Blood (2013)
• The Crimson Campaign (2014)
• The Autumn Republic (2015)

• Sins of Empire (2017)
• Wrath of Empire (2018)
• Blood of Empire (2019)

• Uncanny Collateral (2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.brianmcclellan.com/blog/uncannycollateral|title = Uncanny Collateral is Out!}}
• Blood Tally (2020){{efn|The sequel to Uncanny Collateral}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.brianmcclellan.com/blog/blood-tally-release|title = Blood Tally Release!}}

• In the Shadow of Lightning (2022){{Cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2019/10/28/announcing-the-glass-immortals-a-new-epic-fantasy-series-from-brian-mcclellan/|title = Announcing the Glass Immortals, a New Epic Fantasy Series from Brian McClellan|date = 28 October 2019}}

Eleven novellas and short stories set in the world of The Powder Mage trilogy were released:

• Hope's End (2013)
• The Girl of Hrusch Avenue (2013)
• Forsworn (2014)
• The Face in the Window (2014)
• Servant of the Crown (2014)
• ''Murder at the Kinnen Hotel (2014)
• Return to Honor (2015)
• Green-Eyed Vipers (2015)
• Ghosts of the Tristan Basin (2016)
• The Mad Lancers (2017)
• Siege of Tilpur (2017)

• Montego (2023)

• War Cry (2018){{Cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2017/03/29/brian-mcclellan-military-fantasy-tor-com/|title=The Third Option Includes Monsters: Brian McClellan to Write a New Military Fantasy|date=29 March 2017}}

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