Pierce Brown

Pierce Brown, 2017

Pierce Elliot Brown (* 28. January 1988 in Denver ) is an American science fiction - author .

Brown became known through the series of novels Red Rising , of which five novels have been published:

• Red Rising (2014, German Red Rising , 2014)
• Golden Son (2015, In the House of Enemies , 2015)
• Morning Star (2016, German Decision Day , 2016)
• Iron Gold (2018, German Red Rising - Ashes to Ashes , 2018)
• Dark Age (2019, German Red Rising - The Dark Age , 2020)

Life

Brown is the child of the married couple Colleen and Guy Brown. She was president of the media company Fisher Communication, he worked as a bank manager. In Brown's youth, his family often moved, so that he was often an outsider, which he also incorporated into his books in literary terms. Pierce Brown graduated from Pepperdine University with a degree in Politics and Economics.

Brown worked in the political field and for a start-up company. He had authored several manuscripts and had been rejected 120 times before being signed to his debut Red Rising . Brown got the idea for action after reading an ancient Greek drama and going on a climbing trip with friends.

Awards

• 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards for Red Rising in the category "Debut Goodreads Author"
• 2015 Goodreads Choice Awards for Golden Son in the category "Science Fiction"
• 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards for Morning Star in the category "Science Fiction"

bibliography

Red Rising (novel cycle)

→ Main article : Red Rising

• 1 Red Rising (2014)
  • German: Red Rising. Translated by Bernhard Kempen. Heyne flies, 2014, ISBN 978-3-453-26957-6 .
• 2 Golden Son (2015)
  • German: In the house of the enemy. Translated by Bernhard Kempen. Heyne, 2016, ISBN 978-3-453-53442-1 .
• 3 Morning Star (2016)
  • German: day of decision. Translated by Bernhard Kempen. Heyne, 2016, ISBN 978-3-453-53443-8 .
• 4 Iron Gold (2018)
  • English: Red Rising - Ashes to Ashes. Translated by Claudia Kern. Cross Cult, Ludwigsburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-95981-808-7 . Audiobook: Ashes to Ashes. Read by Marco Sven Reinbold. Translated by Claudia Kern. Ronin Hörverlag, Erlangen 2018, ISBN 978-3-96154-097-6 .
• 5 Dark Age (2019)
  • German in 2 parts:
    • Part 1: Red Rising - The Dark Age 1. Translated by Claudia Kern. Cross Cult, Ludwigsburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-96658-035-9 .
    • Part 2: Red Rising - The Dark Age 2. Translated by Claudia Kern. Cross Cult, Ludwigsburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-96658-037-3 .
    • Audiobook: The Dark Age. Read by Marco Sven Reinbold. Translated by Claudia Kern. Ronin Hörverlag, Erlangen 2020, ISBN 978-3-96154-098-3 .

Comic adaptations:

• Red Rising: Sons of Ares (2017)
• Red Rising: Sons of Ares - Volume 2: Wrath (2020)

Short story

• Desert Son ( Star Wars story, 2017, in: From a Certain Point of View )

literature

• John Clute : Brown, Pierce. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition).

Web links

• Pierce Brown , official website
• Pierce Brown in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Pierce Brown in Fantastic Fiction (English)
• Pierce Brown in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Pierce Brown in Fancyclopedia 3 (English)
• Literature by and about Pierce Brown in the catalog of the German National Library
• Pierce Brown in the bibliography of German science fiction ( books , articles )
• Pierce Brown in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Literature by and about Pierce Brown in the WorldCat bibliographic database
• Works by and about Pierce Brown at Open Library
• Red Rising Wiki
• Pierce Brown on Goodreads.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Theodor Armbruster: I was always an outsider. August 24, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Why Pierce Brown Might Be Fiction's Next Superstar , BuzzFeed (February 6, 2014)
3. ↑ BEA 2013: Pierce Brown: Six Is the Charm , in: Publishers Weekly (May 31, 2013)
4. ↑ Interview with Brown at Inverse.com