Terry Goodkind (1948 to 2020) was an American fantasy writer, born in Omaha, Nebraska, who is best known for The Sword of Truth, an epic fantasy series that began with “Wizard’s First Rule” in 1994. The series sold 25 million copies worldwide, was translated into more than 20 languages and was adapted for television as … Read more
Raymond E. Feist is an American fantasy author, born in Los Angeles in 1945, who is best known for the Riftwar Cycle, a sequence of thirty novels that began with “Magician” in 1982 and ended with “Magician’s End” in 2013. His books have been translated into multiple languages and have sold more than 15 million … Read more
David Eddings (1931 to 2009) was an American fantasy writer best known for “The Belgariad” and its sequel “The Malloreon”, and for the Sparhawk novels of “The Elenium” and “The Tamuli”. Working with his wife Leigh, who was credited as co-author from 1995, he wrote more than two dozen novels. Eddings was born in Spokane, … Read more
Gregory Maguire (born 9 June 1954 in Albany, New York) is an American novelist best known for “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West”, the 1995 novel behind the Broadway musical and the two-part film. He has written several dozen books for adults and children, and many of his adult … Read more
R. F. Kuang (Rebecca F. Kuang, born 29 May 1996 in Guangzhou, China) is an American novelist known for the Poppy War fantasy trilogy, “Babel” and “Yellowface”. “Babel” reached number one on the New York Times bestseller list and won the 2022 Nebula Award for Best Novel. Kuang moved to the United States with her … Read more
V.E. Schwab is an American fantasy author, born Victoria Elizabeth Schwab in California on 7 July 1987 and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. She is best known for the Shades of Magic series, the Villains novels that began with “Vicious”, and “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue”. Her books for children and teenagers appear under the … Read more
Christopher Paolini is an American author of fantasy and science fiction, born in Los Angeles on 17 November 1983 and raised in Paradise Valley, Montana. He is best known for the Inheritance Cycle, the four dragon-rider novels that began with “Eragon”, which he started writing at the age of 15. Paolini was home schooled and … Read more
Patrick Rothfuss is an American fantasy author, born in Madison, Wisconsin, on 6 June 1973. He is best known for “The Kingkiller Chronicle”, a planned trilogy that began with his debut novel “The Name of the Wind” (2007) and continued with “The Wise Man’s Fear” (2011). Rothfuss graduated from DeForest Area High School and took … Read more
Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney Jr. (1948 to 2007), an American author of epic fantasy. He is best known for “The Wheel of Time”, a series of 14 novels and a prequel that has sold around 90 million copies, and he also wrote seven Conan the Barbarian novels in the … Read more
George R.R. Martin is an American novelist, screenwriter and television producer, born in Bayonne, New Jersey, on 20 September 1948. He is best known for “A Song of Ice and Fire”, the epic fantasy series that HBO adapted as “Game of Thrones”, and he has also written science fiction and horror. The son of a … Read more
