Terry Brooks

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Terry Brooks
Brooks at the 2016 Lucca Comics & Games
Brooks at the 2016 Lucca Comics & Games
BornTerence Dean Brooks
(1944-01-08) January 8, 1944 (age 80)
Sterling, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, former attorney
EducationHamilton College (BA)
Washington and Lee University (JD)
GenreEpic fantasy, urban fantasy
Notable awardsInkpot Award (1997)[1]
SpouseJudine Brooks
Website
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Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944)

New York Times bestsellers during his writing career,[3] and has sold over 25 million copies of his books in print.[4] He is one of the most successful living fantasy writers.[5]

Early life

Brooks was born in the rural Midwestern town of

Hamilton College, earning his B.A. in English literature in 1966.[6] He later obtained a J.D. degree from Washington and Lee University. He was a practising attorney before becoming a full-time author.[6]

Career

Brooks had been a writer since high school, writing mainly in the genres of

non-fiction.[6] One day, in his early college life, he was given a copy of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, which inspired him to write in one genre.[6] While Tolkien inspired the genre, Brooks stated during his TEDxRainier talk "Why I Write about Elves",[7] as well as at the Charlotte Literary Festival that he credits the inspiration of his style of writing to William Faulkner's works.[7] With this inspiration, he then made his debut in 1977 with The Sword of Shannara.[6]

After finishing two sequels to The Sword of Shannara, Brooks moved on to the series which would become known as the

Genesis of Shannara, a trilogy bridging his Word and Void and Shannara series. The sixth book in the Landover series, A Princess of Landover
, was released in August 2009. Returning to Shannara, a duology,
Genesis of Shannara, was written next. The first book, entitled Bearers of the Black Staff, was released in August 2010 and the second, The Measure of the Magic
, was released in August 2011. He next completed a trilogy entitled The Dark Legacy of Shannara. The three books are; Wards of Faerie (Feb 2013), Bloodfire Quest (June 2013), and Witch Wraith (Dec 2013). He followed this with the trilogy Defenders of Shannara, which include The High Druid's Blade (July 2014), The Darkling Child (June 2015), and The Sorcerer's Daughter (May 24, 2016). According to his website, he is currently working on the final and concluding tetralogy of the Shannara series known as
The Skaar Invasion released on June 19, 2018. The third book in the series is The Stiehl Assassin published on May 28, 2019. The fourth and final book in the tetralogy is The Last Druid
, published on October 20, 2020.

A television series based on the Shannara works, entitled

Spike TV.[9] On January 16, 2018, it was announced that the series had been cancelled after two seasons.[10] Producers later announced that the series is being shopped to other networks.[11]

Brooks has written a number of other books, based on movies, science fiction and his own life. Novels include

Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life, published February 3, 2004, and Why I Write About Elves published in 2005. A science fiction book, Street Freaks, was released on October 2, 2018. Brooks has written a number of e-book short stories which are published in a book titled Small Magic with his other short stories.[12]

Personal life

Brooks resides in Seattle, Washington, with his wife, Judine.[6]

Novels versus short stories

After writing "Indomitable", a short story constituting an epilogue to The Wishsong of Shannara, Terry Brooks declared:

I find it much harder to write short stories than long fiction. I feel cramped by the lack of space and the dictates of the form. There is considerable difference in long and short fiction disciplines, and I am not good with the latter. I hope not to have to do many more of them, but you never know. I must have written "Indomitable" anywhere from four to five times, each effort different. Give me a five hundred page sprawl as an assignment any day.[13]

Bibliography

A bibliography of Terry Brooks's works broken into the different series and listed chronologically can be found at the article Terry Brooks bibliography.

See also

References

  1. ^ Inkpot Award
  2. ^ "UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan. 8, 2018". United Press International. January 8, 2018. Archived from the original on January 8, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2019. …author Terry Brooks in 1944 (age 74)
  3. ^ Speakman, Shawn (2008). "Terry Brooks' official website". Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
  4. ^ "JIVEMagazine.com - Armageddon's Children: Q&A; with Terry Brooks". Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 25, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Studio plans Shannara film series". BBC News. June 6, 2007. Retrieved September 7, 2008.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Speakman, Shawn (2008). "Terry Brooks' official biography". Archived from the original on September 2, 2000. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
  7. ^ a b Brooks, Terry. "Why I Write about Elves". tedxtalks.ted.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  8. ^ "Terry Brooks: MTV is Doing The Shannara Chronicles Right". pastemagazine.com. July 13, 2015. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  9. ^ "MTV Renews The Shannara Chronicles For Second Season". mtv.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  10. ^ Petski, Denise (January 17, 2018). "'The Shannara Chronicles' Canceled After Two Seasons". Deadline. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  11. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (January 17, 2018). "'The Shannara Chronicles' Shopped To Other Networks For Season 3". Deadline. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  12. ^ "What's Next?". August 15, 2020.
  13. ^ Brooks, Terry (1999–2008). "Ask Terry Q&A - Writing". Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2008.

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