Pierce Brown is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Rising, Golden Son, Morning Star, Iron Gold, Dark Age and Light Bringer. His work has been published in thirty-four languages and thirty-six territories. He has also written a six-issue prequel comic books series, Red Rising: Songs of Ares.
Storytelling has always been a peculiar and significant source of magic in Pierce’s life, but it wasn’t until he left high school that he realized it was even possible to be a writer. Growing up, Pierce lived in seven different states and worked a variety of jobs in politics and startup tech companies. Brown was working for NBC Page Program when he sold Red Rising. Published in 2014, the first novel in the Red Rising series, received widespread positive reviews and became a NYT bestseller, along with every book in the series. His forthcoming book, Red God, the seventh in the Red Rising series, will be released in 2025.
“He was WONDERFUL! Everyone raved about how great his talk was. Our library store sold out of copies of Red Rising and only had a few of Golden Son left at the end of the day. I know we had some guests drive from 3 hours away just to see him.” — Spartanburg County Public Library
