For the next fourteen years, he wrote more Landover books, then went on to write the Word and Void trilogy.
Upon finishing these novels, Brooks wrote a four book series that became The Heritage of Shannara tetralogy. This novel became the first fantasy book ever to appear on the New York Times bestseller list, where it stayed there for five months.Īfter writing two sequels to The Sword of Shannara, Brooks moved on to the series which would become known as the Magic Kingdom of Landover series. He then made his debut in 1977 with his first novel The Sword of Shannara. Tolkien, which inspired him to write in one genre. One day, in his early college life, he was given a copy of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. In 1986, during a book tour event in Seattle, he met Judine Alba, a district manager for Waldenbooks. He left Barbara and married Judine in 1987. The couple divides their time between their Seattle home, the three acres that Brooks owns in Oregon, and a million-dollar home in Hawaii.īrooks had been a writer since high school, writing mainly in the genres of science fiction, western, fiction, and nonfiction. He had begun working on The Sword of Shannara in law school but did not quit to become a full-time writer until after the completion of The Wishsong of Shannara.īrooks married Barbara O'Banion in 1972 and had two children, Amanda and Alex. from the School of Law at Washington & Lee University.Īfter graduating, Brooks joined a small practice, mainly involved with family law. He is an alumnus of Hamilton College, obtaining his B.A. His father was a printing company owner, and his mother was a homemaker. Terry Brooks writes mainly high fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations.īrooks was born in the rural midwestern town of Sterling, Illinois and spent a large part of his life there. Terence Dean “Terry” Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is a writer of fantasy fiction. 4.4 Short Stories and Short Story Collections.
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