Who is Hoid? Brandon Sanderson debunks a major Cosmere theory.

For years, a persistent (and mostly unserious) theory has pulsed through the Cosmere fandom: Hoid — the cosmic wanderer who appears across Brandon Sanderson’s novels — is actually Sanderson himself. Not metaphorically, but literally, a hidden metatextual “self-insert” presence inside his own fiction. It sounds far out, but if Stephen King could write himself into the Dark Tower, surely someone as crafty and self-aware as Sanderson could (and would?) do the same.