Terry Brooks
Terry Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is a writer of fantasy fiction.
Terry Brooks writes mainly high fantasy, and has also written several movie novelizations.
He is an alumnus of Hamilton College and Washington and Lee University. Before becoming an author he was a practicing attorney.
His first novel, The Sword of Shannara, was an immediate bestseller, but some critics accused Brooks of having plagiarized the plot from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings - something that he strenuously denies. The chief similarity is that it is a heroic fantasy featuring various races who form an alliance against a dark lord and set out on a quest to defeat him - but this is of course the template for a great many other fantasy epics as well.
Book list
Shannara series:
The Sword of Shannara Trilogy:
The Heritage of Shannara Series:
- The Scions of Shannara
- The Druid of Shannara
- The Elf Queen of Shannara
- The Talismans of Shannara
A Shannara Trilogy Prequel:
The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara:
- Ilse Witch
- Antrax
- Morgawr
High Druid of Shannara:
- Jarka Ruus
- Tanequil
- Straken [coming soon]
A Shannara Companion:
- The World of Shannara
Magic Kingdom of Landover series:
- Magic Kingdom For Sale -- SOLD!
- The Black Unicorn
- Wizard at Large
- The Tangle Box
- Witches' Brew
The Word & the Void series:
- Running with the Demon
- A Knight of the Word
- Angel Fire East
Novelizations:
Other:
- Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life
External Links
The Official Terry Brooks Site (http://www.terrybrooks.net/)