Robert Jordan

See:Robert Jordan (character) for the character of Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Robert Jordan is a pen name for James Oliver Rigney, Jr. (1948-). He is best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. Jordan was born in Charleston, South Carolina and holds an undergraduate degree in physics from The Citadel, the military college of South Carolina. He is a history buff and served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army.

Bibliography

Fallon

(under the pen name Reagan O'Neal)

• The Fallon Legacy (1981)
• The Fallon Pride (1982)
• The Fallon Blood (1995)

Conan the Barbarian

Jordan is one of several writers who has written pastiches of the original Conan the Barbarian stories.

• Conan the Defender (1982)
• Conan the Invincible (1982)
• Conan the Triumphant (1983)
• Conan the Unconquered (1983)
• Conan the Destroyer (1984)
• Conan the Magnificent (1984)
• Conan the Victorious (1984)
• King of Thieves (1984)

The Wheel of Time

The ten core books of the series that have been published thus far are:

1. The Eye of the World (1990)
2. The Great Hunt (1990)
3. The Dragon Reborn (1991)
4. The Shadow Rising (1992)
5. The Fires of Heaven (1993)
6. Lord of Chaos (1994)
7. A Crown of Swords (1996)
8. The Path of Daggers (1998)
9. Winter's Heart (2000)
10. Crossroads of Twilight (2003)

These will be followed by:

1. Knife of Dreams (forthcoming, ETA October 2005)

There are several accessory works:

• A prequel novella, "New Spring," was originally published in the Legends anthology edited by Robert Silverberg. The novella was expanded into a standalone novel-length version, New Spring, that was published in January 2004.
• The World of Robert Jordan's the Wheel of Time (1997) is a reference book to The Wheel of Time; it was written in collaboration with Teresa Patterson.

In addition the series is being progressively re-released in large format, presumably for younger readers, each volume being split in two and illustrated. As of 2004 the process has extended to The Great Hunt.

Other works

• Cheyenne Riders (1982, under the pseudonym Jackson O'Reilly)