Who is the greatest author alive and why is it Brandon Sanderson?

He needs to stop trying to be funny, it's getting worse with every book. Elantris and Mistborn weren't trying to be quippy and they were his best books but as he hobnobs with the YA crowd and writes his garbage scifi series for 12 year old girls he's more and more trying to write funny reddit marvel quip dialogue. Lost metal was almost unreadable and stormlight is degrading rapidly. God help you if you try to read any of the side content like the one about the ~hilarious~ magic little girl with the plant powers