The novel was titled ‘The Sword of Shannara’, which went on to become a critical success and also became the first ever fantasy novel to feature in the New York Times bestselling list. He was so much fascinated by it that he decided to write one of his own in the same genre.Įventually, Brooks completed his first novel in the year 1977. Tolkien and was highly inspired by the description of the story of the novel. Most of his early writing included works of science fiction, fiction and non-fiction, and western genres.ĭuring one of his college days, Brooks received a copy of The Lord of the Rings by J.R. He used to write several short stories in his high school days. As of now, he lives in Seattle, Washington and spends most of his time writing novels for his series’.īrooks had been fascinated by the art of writing from a very young age. Brooks began working as a practicing attorney before going on to become a full time writer. A in English Literature in the year 1966.Īfter that, Brooks obtained his J.D from the School of Law at the Washington and Lee University. He graduated from the Hamilton College with an undergraduate degree of B. Brooks was actually born and brought up in the rural Midwestern town of Sterling.Īs a child and a growing adult, he used to often dream about stories based around the Sinnissippi Park, which went on to become the setting of his highly successful Word & Void trilogy. He was born on Januas Terrence Dean Brooks in Sterling, Illinois, United States. Other than novels, Brooks has also written a couple of movie scripts in his career. Because of his commercial success, he is regarded as one of the biggest selling fantasy writers of all time. Overall, Brooks has been a able to sell more than 21 million copies of his novels in print all over the world.

Around 23 novels written by him have featured in the New York Times bestselling list. Terry Brooks is a noteworthy author and a former attorney from America, who is famous for writing novels based on the epic fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction and literature & fiction genres.

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