He said in March 2016, 'I have written the first two drafts of the film and now we're on the third. Brown told Entertainment Weekly that after completing the original trilogy, 'I took a meager little break, mostly to stretch my screenwriting muscles.' As of February 2016, the film was still in development, with Brown having written the first two drafts. Marc Forster is set to direct, with Brown writing the screenplay. In February 2014, shortly after the release of Red Rising, Universal Pictures acquired the rights for a film adaptation in a 7-figure auction. It also reached #1 on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list. In 2016, Morning Star reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list in Adult Hardcover, Digital Book and cumulative. The 2015 sequel, Golden Son, hit #6 on the same list and was equally praised by critics. Red Rising, published in 2014, received widespread positive reviews, and hit #20 on The New York Times Best Seller list. He wrote the novel in two months above his parents' garage in Seattle, Washington. Career īrown wrote six novels and faced rejection from over 120 agents before selling Red Rising. Brown was working for the NBC Page Program in Burbank, California and living in his former political science professor's garage when he sold Red Rising in 2012.

After graduation, he worked a variety of jobs in politics and startup tech companies.

īrown graduated from Pepperdine University, where he majored in political science and economics. His father, Guy Brown, is a former local banker. His mother, Colleen Brown, was the President and CEO of Fisher Communications and the Chairman of American Apparel's Board of Directors. Pierce Brown grew up in seven different states.

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