Terry Brooks - Definition and Overview

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 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.

Book list

Shannara series:

The Sword of Shannara Trilogy:

The Sword of Shannara

The Elfstones of Shannara

The Wishsong of Shannara

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:

First King of Shannara

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:

Hook

The Phantom Menace

Other:

External Links

The Official Terry Brooks Site (http://www.terrybrooks.net/)