Brian McClellan

American novelist (born 1986)

Brian McClellan
McClellan at the 2017 Phoenix Comicon
Born	(1986-01-25) January 25, 1986 (age 38) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Brigham Young University
Period	2013–present (published)
Genre	Fantasy
Notable works	The Powder Mage trilogy
Spouse	Michele McClellan
Website
brianmcclellan.com

Not to be confused with Brian MacLellan.

Brian McClellan (born January 25, 1986^[1]) is an American author of epic fantasy. He is best known for writing the trilogies The Powder Mage and Gods of Blood and Powder.

Biography

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.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4] In February 2015, his next novel, The Autumn Republic concluded^[5] 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.^[6]

In 2014, his debut novel, Promise of Blood, won the Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer.^[7]

Bibliography

The Powder Mage trilogy

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

Gods of Blood and Powder trilogy

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

Valkyrie Collections series

Uncanny Collateral (2019)^[8]
Blood Tally (2020)^[a]^[9]

The Glass Immortals series

In the Shadow of Lightning (2022)^[6]

Novellas and Short Stories

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)

The Glass Immortals series

Montego (2023)

Other

War Cry (2018)^[10]

References

^ McClellan, Brian (January 24, 2017). "Birthday! Free Stuff! Yay!". brianmcclellan.com. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^ Weimer, Paul (April 3, 2013). "Interview:Brian McClellan Talks Epic Fantasy and "Promise of Blood"". SF Signal. Archived from the original on October 30, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
^ "Rob's Blog o' Stuff: Guest Post: Brian McClellan on Learning to Write from Brandon Sanderson". Robbedford.blogspot.be. April 8, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
^ "» The Crimson Campaign". Brianmcclellan.com. May 6, 2013. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
^ "» THE AUTUMN REPUBLIC – the exciting conclusion to the Powder Mage trilogy is out now!". Orbitbooks.net. February 12, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Announcing the Glass Immortals, a New Epic Fantasy Series from Brian McClellan". 28 October 2019.
^ "Gemmell Awards for Fantasy - the 2014 winners!". DLGA blog. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
^ "Uncanny Collateral is Out!".
^ "Blood Tally Release!".
^ "The Third Option Includes Monsters: Brian McClellan to Write a New Military Fantasy". 29 March 2017.