Brandon Sanderson
![Sanderson at the 2016 [[Lucca Comics & Games]] convention](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Brandon_Sanderson_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2016.jpg)
A ''New York Times'' best-selling author, Sanderson created Sanderson's Laws of Magic and popularized the idea of "hard magic" and "soft magic" systems. In 2008, Sanderson started a podcast with author Dan Wells and cartoonist Howard Tayler called ''Writing Excuses'', involving topics about creating genre writing and webcomics. In 2016, the American media company DMG Entertainment licensed the movie rights to Sanderson's entire Cosmere universe, but the rights have since reverted back to Sanderson. Sanderson's March 2022 Kickstarter campaign became the most successful in history, finishing with 185,341 backers pledging $41,754,153. Provided by Wikipedia