A presentation for class, where I show the author's that have influenced my style.

1. Authors
Steven Saunders

2. Brandon Sanderson
 Brandon Sanderson is a fantasy author known for his robust worldbuilding,
engaging characters, and diverse magic systems.
 Was selected to finish Robert Jordan’s ‘Wheel of Time’ Series.
 Has written the Mistborn, Steelheart, Stormlight Archives series.
 Numerous other works include ‘The Rithmatist’, ‘Saving Elysium’, and many
others.
 Teaches at Birmingham University.

3. Quotes from Brandon Sanderson.
 “Novels aren’t just happy escapes; they are slivers of people’s souls, nailed to
the pages, dripping ink from veins of wood pulp. Reading the right one at the
right time can make all the difference”
 “When I write my books, actually, I’m know for very logical rule-based magic
systems. I write my books with one foot in fantasy, and another in Sci-fi”
 “By now, it is probably very late at night, and you have stayed up to read this
book when you should have gone to sleep. If this is the case, then I commend
you for falling into my trap. It is a writer's greatest pleasure to hear that
someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of his
books. It goes back to authors being terrible people who delight in the
suffering of others. Plus, we get a kickback from the caffeine industry...” -
Alcatraz vs the evil librarians.

4. Brandon Sanderson quotes(continued)
“Kelsier exhaled in exasperation. “Elend Venture? You risked your life—risked the plan, and our lives—for that fool of a boy?”
Vin looked up, glaring at him. “Yes.”
“What is wrong with you, girl?” Kelsier asked. “Elend Venture isn’t worth this.”
She stood angrily, Sazed backing away, the cloak falling the floor. “He’s a good man!”
“He’s a nobleman!”
“So are you!” Vin snapped. She waved a frustrated arm toward the kitchen and the crew. “What do you think this is, Kelsier? The life of a skaa? What
do any of you know about skaa? Aristocratic suits, stalking your enemies in the night, full meals and nightcaps around the table with your friends?
That’s not the life of a skaa!”
She took a step forward, glaring at Kelsier. He blinked in surprise at the outburst.
“What do you know about them, Kelsier?” she asked. “When’s the last time you slept in an alley, shivering in the cold rain, listening to the beggar next
to you cough with a sickness you knew would kill him? When’s the last time you had to lay awake at night, terrified that one of the men in your crew
would try to rape you? Have you ever knelt, starving, wishing you had the courage to knife the crewmember beside you just so you could take his crust
of bread? Have you ever cowered before your brother as he beat you, all the time feeling thankful because at least you had someone who paid
attention to you?”
She fell silent, puffing slightly, the crewmembers staring at her.
“Don’t talk to me about noblemen,” Vin said. “And don’t say things about people you don’t know. You’re no skaa— you’re just noblemen without
titles.”
She turned, stalking from the room. Kelsier watched her go, shocked, hearing her footsteps on the stairs. He stood, dumbfounded, feeling a surprising
flush of ashamed guilt.
And, for once, found himself without anything to say.”

5. Book covers

6. John R.R.Tolkien.
 J RR Tolkien is renowned for his breakout hits, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy,
and its prequel The Hobbit. Both are set in the high fantasy world of middle
earth, these books and their spinoffs make up the majority of Tolkien’s body
of work.
 Tolkien was born in the 1892 in the territory where south Africa is today. He
fought in WW1 at the age of 24, fighting in the battle of the Somme. He was
only at war briefly, as he came down with trench fever
 Finished his degree in English, and had written a small book for his children,
‘The Hobbit, and requests for a sequel lead to the lord of the rings.

7. JRRT Quotes
 “The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but
still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with
grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
 “All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”

8. Additional quotes
 "Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.“
 Another habit of Tolkien was to adapt modern songs and adapt them to his
world. You can see this in the man in the moon part of this video.

9. Book covers

10. Citations
 Art cover of The Way of Kings by Ben Weyland
 Art cover of Mistborn: The Final Empire by John
Foster
 Art cover of Elantris by Stephan Martinière
 Art cover of The Emperor’s soul by Alexander
Nanitchcov
 White Sand art by Julius Gopez and Cassandra
James
 Picture of JRR Tolkien by Pamela Chandler
 LOTR and Hobbit covers created by Tolkien
 Sanderson, Brandon. Alcatraz versus the evil
librarians. Scholastic Press, 2008.
 Sanderson, Brandon. Mistborn: the final empire:
Book 1 of the "Mistborn trilogy". Tor, 2006.
 Hobbit Drinking Medley with Peter Hollens and
Hank Green.