# Pierce Brown on Reddit (u/Dracones)

Part of Creators on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/pierce-brown

Pierce Brown: Author, Red Rising.

- Reddit account: [u/Dracones](https://www.reddit.com/user/Dracones/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [Their 2016 r/books AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/43vz7l/im_pierce_brown_author_of_the_nyt_bestselling_red/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/books (303), r/Fantasy (187), r/redrising (150), r/horror (1)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2015 to 2019
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_Brown

## Moments

### u/Dracones in r/books, Jul 26, 2019 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> You had said that Pax Au Telemanus' name was pulled from a hat when deciding who had to go. Has there been anyone else pulled from a hat? Is there anyone immune from the draw?

> No one else has been pulled from a hat, because I haven't faced a dilemma like that in a bit. But I still have the hat, sooooo

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/ci3x72/comment/ev1u3on/ · 25 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/Dracones in r/books, Jul 26, 2019 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> “Bye Felicia.”

> Had to drop it. Funny thing. I had "by felicity" in the first draft, and my editor Mike Braff told me to buck up and go all in. He was Felicia's first champion

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/ci3x72/comment/ev1jmoh/ · 217 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/Dracones in r/books, Jul 26, 2019 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Pierce, thanks for taking time off your schedule to do an AmA! I have 2 serious and 1 not-so-serious questions: 1. How do you come up with your character names, and what is the story behind your own name? (They are all very cool and unique!) 2. Would you rather see Red Rising…

> I go off of the sound I want their name to make. For instance, I think Vs have a sort of cutting sound. So characters like Sevro, Victra, Vixus have a certain vicious emphasis. A has a sort of condescending sigh, while simultaneously feeling important because its the preeminent number: Adrius, Antonia, Atalantia, Atlas, Aja.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/ci3x72/comment/ev1kmf6/ · 225 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/Dracones in r/Fantasy, Mar 9, 2017 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Pierce, I absolutely adore your Red Rising saga and writing style, and am really looking forward to reading Iron Gold which sounds glorious!! I've already read the excerpt off the forthcoming novel twice and have been chatting about it with my husband for a week now!! There…

> Sometimes I carry an old leather chair with the legs cut off it to write in the woods at night. Everything can see you. You can only see your screen.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/5yg6fe/comment/deprhjh/ · 42 points as of Nov 7, 2026