Terry Brooks

Dean Terence (Terry) Brooks ( Sterling (Illinois) , January 8 1944 ) is an American writer of epic or high fantasy . He is best known for his series of Shannara, the first part,The Sword of Shannara in 1977 appeared.

Brooks was born in Sterling , Illinois and studied English literature at Hamilton College in New York . At Washington & Lee University, he studied rights . Initially he worked as alawyer, but after the publication of his first book, he decided in 1986 to write full time.

Brooks also wrote the book Star Wars Episode I: A Phantom Menace (1999) movie. ==[Biography  edit ] == Brooks was born in the countryside in the mid-west of the town of Sterling , Illinois, and tarried a large part of his life. He studied English literature and graduated in 1966. He later graduated in rights at Washington & Lee University. Before he started writing full time, he was a lawyer . He went with his wife Judine in Seattle , Washington to live.

From his schooldays Brooks was busy writing, especially in the genre of science fiction , western, fiction and non-fiction. One day, during his college life, he received a copy ofJRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, which inspired him to fantasy writing. However, his style of writing was inspired by William Faulkner's work. In 1977 he debuted with The Sword of Shannara. This book was the first fantasy book ever published in the New York Times bestseller list, where it remained for five months.

After the appearance of two prequels which was related to Sword of Shannara Brooks It started with what is now called The Landover art books. Then he wrote a series of four books entitled The Legacy of Shannara. ==[Bibliography  edit ] == Shannara

The Magic Kingdom
 * 1977 - The Sword of Shannara
 * 1982 - The Elfstones of Shannara
 * 1985 - The Wish Song of Shannara

The Heritage of Shannara
 * 1986 - Kingdom for sale
 * 1987 - The Black Unicorn
 * 1988 - Magic Mistake
 * 1994 - The Demo Kist
 * 1995 - The Witch Apprentice
 * 2009 - Princess of Landover

Introduction to the Shannara series
 * 1990 - The Descendants of Shannara
 * 1991 - The Druid of Shannara
 * 1992 - The Elf Queen of Shannara
 * 1993 - The Guardians of Shannara

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 * 1996 - The First King of Shannara

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 * 1997 - Dancing with the Demon
 * 1998 - Knight of the Word
 * 1999 - Fire Angels

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 * 1999 - Star Wars Episode I: the Phantom Menace

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 * 2000 - The Witch of Shannara
 * 2001 - The Colossus of Shannara
 * 2002 - Shannara Shadow

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 * 2005 - Jarka Ruus
 * 2005 - Tanequil
 * 2005 - STRAKEN

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 * 2007 - Children of Armageddon
 * 2008 - The Elves of Cintra
 * 2009 - Flight Creations Shannara

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 * 2010 - Bearers of the Black Staff
 * 2011 - The Measure of Magic

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 * 2012 - The Guardians of Faerie
 * 2013 - Blood Fire Quest (not yet translated into Dutch)
 * 2013 - Witch Wraith (not yet translated into Dutch)


 * 1986 - The Guide to Shannara
 * 1991 - Imaginary Friends - short story that was published in Once Upon a Time: A Treasury of Modern Fairytales
 * 2000 - Writes The Complete Fantasy Reference: An Indispensable Compendium of Myth and Magic, with Michael J. Varhola
 * 2003 - Indomitable - short story that was published in Legends II
 * 2003 - Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life
 * 2005 - Why I Write About Elves