Brandon Sanderson is one of my favorite authors, but mostly for reasons unrelated to his writing. I've only read two of his books so far, and both were excellent. However, I've seen how he interacts with fans, I've seen his writing lectures, I've seen interviews. He's such a down to earth regular guy and I love that. I'm a quarter of the way through the second Mistborn book and 100 pages through The Way of Kings. I'm beyond excited to have finally started the Stormlight Archive, after all these