Pierce Brown
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| Born |
January 28, 1988 Denver, Colorado |
| Occupation | Novelist and screenwriter |
| Language | English |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Pepperdine University (2010) |
| Subject | Science fiction, young adult, dystopian |
| Notable works | Red Rising trilogy |
| Notable awards | Goodreads Best Science Fiction Novel 2015 & 2016, Goodreads Best New Author 2014 |
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Pierce Brown is an American science fiction author and screenwriter known best for his Red Rising series, consisting of Red Rising (2014), Golden Son (2015), Morning Star (2016), and the forthcoming Iron Gold.
Pierce Brown grew up in seven different states. His mother, Colleen 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.
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 in 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."
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