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Terry Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is a
writer of fantasy fiction.
Terry Brooks mainly writes high fantasy,
and has also written several movie novelizations.
He is an alumnus of Hamilton College,
obtaining his B.A. in English Literature in 1966. He later obtained a
J.D. from 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.
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Book list
Shannara series
The Sword of Shannara Trilogy
The Sword of Shannara (1977)
The Elfstones of Shannara (1982)
The Wishsong of Shannara (1985)
The Heritage of Shannara Series
The Scions of Shannara (1990)
The Druid of Shannara (1991)
The Elf Queen of Shannara (1992)
The Talismans of Shannara (1993)
A Shannara Trilogy Prequel
First King of Shannara (1996)
The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara
Ilse Witch (2000)
Antrax (2001)
Morgawr
High Druid of Shannara
Jarka Ruus
Tanequil
Straken
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
Hook
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Other
Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a
Writing Life
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