Pierce Brown is the author of Red Rising. He was born in 1986 and grew up in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Cal State University Northridge with a degree in journalism. He later went on to work as a freelance reporter before becoming an assistant editor at Dynamite Entertainment, where he still works today. His first book, Red Rising, was published in 2014 by Del Rey Books and became an immediate bestseller. He followed this up with Golden Son (2015), The Dark Age (2016), Morning Star (2017), Iron Gold (2018) and War Cry (2019).