Let's make this birthday one to remember.

49 years old (Born on December 19, 1975)

Happy Birthday, Brandon Sanderson! May your day be filled with more plot twists than a Mistborn heist and fewer cliffhangers than The Way of Kings. You've masterfully completed Robert Jordan's epic Wheel of Time series—proving once again that you're the literary equivalent of an Aes Sedai: wise, powerful, and always surprising us.

Here's hoping this year brings you as much joy as you've given readers worldwide through countless sleepless nights spent turning pages. Keep crafting worlds we love to lose ourselves in—and remember: birthdays are like Stormlight; they come around regularly but never last long enough!