Praise for Robert Jordan and The Wheel of Time

Praise for Robert Jordan and The Wheel of Time®

“His huge, ambitious Wheel of Time series helped redefine the genre.”

—George R. R. Martin, internationally bestselling author of A Game of Thrones

“Anyone who’s writing epic secondary world fantasy knows Robert Jordan isn’t just a part of the landscape, he’s a monolith within the landscape.”

—Patrick Rothfuss, internationally bestselling author of The Kingkiller Chronicle

“The Eye of the World was a turning point in my life. I read, I enjoyed. (Then continued on to write my larger fantasy novels.)”

—Robin Hobb, New York Times bestselling author of The Farseer Trilogy

“Robert Jordan’s work has been a formative influence and an inspiration for a generation of fantasy writers.”

—Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of The Way of Shadows

“One of fantasy’s most acclaimed series.”

—USA Today

“Robert Jordan was a giant of fiction whose words helped a whole generation of fantasy writers, including myself, find our true voices. I thanked him then, but I didn’t thank him enough.”

—Peter V. Brett, internationally bestselling author of The Demon Cycle

“[Robert Jordan’s] impact on the place of fantasy in the culture is colossal.… He brought innumerable readers to fantasy. He became the New York Times Best Seller List face of fantasy.”

—Guy Gavriel Kay, internationally bestselling author of Tigana

“Jordan’s writing is so amazing! The characterization, the attention to detail!”

—Clint McElroy, cocreator of the #1 podcast The Adventure Zone

“The Wheel of Time [is] rapidly becoming the definitive American fantasy saga. It is a fantasy tale seldom equaled and still less often surpassed in English.”

—Chicago Sun-Times

“Hard to put down for even a moment. A fittingly epic conclusion to a fantasy series that many consider one of the best of all time.”

—San Francisco Book Review on A Memory of Light

About the Author

Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina. He taught himself to read when he was four with the incidental aid of a twelve-years-older brother, and was tackling Mark Twain and Jules Verne by five. He was a graduate of the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army; among his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross with bronze oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with “V” and bronze oak leaf cluster, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with Palm. A history buff, he also wrote dance and theater criticism. He enjoyed the outdoor sports of hunting, fishing, and sailing, and the indoor sports of poker, chess, pool, and pipe collecting. He began writing in 1977 and continued until his death on September 16, 2007. You can sign up for email updates here.

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