ABOUT THE AUTHOR
TERRY
BROOKS is the New York Times bestselling author of more than
thirty books, including the Genesis of Shannara novels Armageddon’s Children, The Elves of Cintra, and
The Gypsy Morph; The Sword of Shannara;
the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara trilogy: Ilse
Witch, Antrax, and Morgawr; the
High Druid of Shannara trilogy: Jarka Ruus,
Tanequil, and Straken; the
nonfiction book Sometimes the Magic Works:
Lessons from a Writing Life; and the novel based upon the
screenplay and story by George Lucas, Star
Wars:® Episode I The Phantom
Menace.™ His novels Running with the
Demon and A Knight of the Word
were selected by the Rocky Mountain
News as two of the best science fiction/fantasy novels of
the twentieth century. The author was a practicing attorney for
many years but now writes full-time. He lives with his wife,
Judine, in the Pacific Northwest.