Robert Jordan | |
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 Jordan in 2005 | |
| Born | James Oliver Rigney Jr. October 17, 1948 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | September 16, 2007 (aged 58) Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Education | The Citadel (BS) |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Notable works | The Wheel of Time |
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James Oliver Rigney Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007), better known by his pen name Robert Jordan,[1] was an American author of epic fantasy. He is known best for his series The Wheel of Time (finished by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan's death) which comprises 14 books and a prequel novel. He is one of several writers to have written original Conan the Barbarian novels; his are considered by fans to be some of the best of the non-Robert E. Howard efforts.[2] Jordan also published historical fiction using the pseudonym Reagan O'Neal, a western as Jackson O'Reilly, and dance criticism as Chang Lung. Jordan claimed to have ghostwritten an "international thriller" that is still believed to have been written by someone else.[3]
- ^ "Robert Jordan" was the name of the protagonist in the 1940 Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls, though this is not how the name was chosen according to a 1997 interview he did on the DragonCon SciFi Channel Chat.
- ^ "Good Reads – 8/26/10". December 26, 2006.
- ^ Ross (September 2005). "Radio Dead Air Interview with Robert Jordan". Radio Dead Air. Retrieved April 16, 2012.