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's great work he found all the elements needed to fully explore his writing combined in one genre. He then wrote The Sword of Shannara, the seven year grand result retaining sanity while studying at Washington & Lee University and practicing law. It became the first work of fiction ever to appear on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list, where it remained for over five months.
Series
Books
Running with the Demon
1997
The Elfstones of Shannara
1982
Galaphile
2025
The Measure of the Magic
2011
The Sword of Shannara
1977
Genesis of Shannara Series
2016
Morgawr
2002
Daughter of Darkness
2022
Small Magic
Short Fiction, 1977-2020
2021
Das Schwert der Elfen. Teil 1
2015
The Skaar Invasion
2018
Terry Brooks Starter Pack
2012
Imaginary Friends
2011
Witch Wraith
2013
Straken
2005
Hook
1991
Ilse Witch
2000
The Tangle Box
1988
Allanon's Quest
2012
The High Druid's Blade
2014
Die Elfenhexe
2000
Child of Light
2021
Street Freaks
2018
The Elf Queen of Shannara
1992
Antrax
2001
Sometimes the Magic Works
Lessons from a Writing Life
2003
The Black Unicorn
1987
The Stiehl Assassin
2019
Armageddon's Children
2006
Jarka Ruus
2003
Indomitable
2003
The Talismans of Shannara
1993
L'Héritage de Shannara
1993
The Weapons Master's Choice
2013
A Knight of the Word
1998
The Gypsy Morph
2008
The Word and the Void Omnibus
2003
The Last Druid
2020
The Druid of Shannara
1991
Das Schwert der Elfen. Teil 2
2015
Tanequil
2004
Wizard at Large
1988
The Wishsong of Shannara
1985
First King of Shannara
1996
In the Shadow of the Warlock Lord
1977
Wards of Faerie
2012
The Black Elfstone
2017
The Black Irix
2013
The Secret of the Sword
1977
Why I Write About Elves
2005
The Elves of Cintra
2007
The Scions of Shannara
1990
The Druids' Keep
1977
Angel Fire East
1999
Bloodfire Quest
2012
Warrior
2018
The World of Shannara
2001
Star Wars
The Prequel Trilogy
2006
The Darkling Child
2015
Star Wars Episode I
The Phantom Menace
1999
Bearers of the Black Staff
2010
The Magic Kingdom of Landover, Volume 1
1992
Sister of Starlit Seas
2023
A Princess of Landover
2009
Witches' Brew
1995
The Sorcerer's Daughter
2016
Magic Kingdom for Sale/Sold
1986
