Fantasy Author Brandon Sanderson Breaks Kickstarter Records

6 min readMar 23, 2022

Best-selling fantasy author Brandon Sanderson made the news by breaking the record for the most successful Kickstarter campaign. He broke that record in just a few days.

As of today, it’s at $31,901,493 with eight days left to go! So if you want to pledge, act soon!

Standing before a starlit sky, a smirking blond man in fantasy garb points to the text “Surprise! Four Secret Novels: Brandon Sanderson.” On the left is text that reads “#1 Most Funded Kickstarter.” — Surprise! Four Secret Novels by Brandon Sanderson. (Source: Brandon Sanderson Homepage.)

How It Happened

Fantasy Author Brandon Sanderson Breaks Kickstarter Records

Written by Anne Marble