Terry Brooks






Terry Brooks

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born
January 08, 1944

gender
male

place of birth
Sterling, Illinois, The United States

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction


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Terry Brooks was born in Illinois in 1944, where he spent a great deal of his childhood and early adulthood dreaming up stories in and around Sinnissippi Park, the very same park that would eventually become the setting for his bestselling Word & Void trilogy. He went to college and received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College, where he majored in English Literature, and he received his graduate degree from the School of Law at Washington & Lee University.
A writer since high school, he wrote many stories within the genres of science fiction, western, fiction, and non-fiction, until one semester early in his college years he was given The Lord of the Rings to read. That moment changed Terry's life forever, because in Tolkien...more




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The Sword of Shannara The Sword of Shannara (Shannara, #1)
by Terry Brooks
avg rating 3.77 — 5,516 ratings — published 1977
38 editions
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The Wishsong of Shannara The Wishsong of Shannara (Shannara, #3)
by Terry Brooks
avg rating 3.83 — 3,842 ratings — published 1985
26 editions
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The Elfstones of Shannara The Elfstones of Shannara (Shannara, #2)
by Terry Brooks
avg rating 3.93 — 3,601 ratings — published 1982
36 editions
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Magic Kingdom for Sale--Sold Magic Kingdom for Sale--Sold (Magic Kingdom of Landover, #1)
by Terry Brooks
avg rating 3.68 — 3,153 ratings — published 1986
33 editions
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The Druid of Shannara The Druid of Shannara (Heritage of Shannara, #2)
by Terry Brooks
avg rating 3.86 — 2,787 ratings — published 1991
17 editions
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The Elf Queen of Shannara The Elf Queen of Shannara (Heritage of Shannara, #3)
by Terry Brooks
avg rating 3.85 — 2,639 ratings — published 1992
13 editions
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The Scions of Shannara The Scions of Shannara (Heritage of Shannara, #1)
by Terry Brooks
avg rating 3.83 — 2,649 ratings — published 1990
21 editions
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The Talismans of Shannara The Talismans of Shannara (Heritage of Shannara, #4)
by Terry Brooks
avg rating 3.88 — 2,424 ratings — published 1993
16 editions
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First King of Shannara First King of Shannara
by Terry Brooks
avg rating 3.86 — 1,998 ratings — published 1996
17 editions
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Ilse Witch Ilse Witch (Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, #1)
by Terry Brooks
avg rating 3.82 — 2,014 ratings — published 2000
11 editions
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"Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost."
Terry Brooks
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"Who would you be but who you are?"
Terry Brooks (The Black Unicorn)
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"We live out our lives as we are meant to live them-with some choice, with some chance, but mostly as a result of the persons we are."
Terry Brooks (The Druid of Shannara)
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