Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list.

in English literature in 1966. Brooks then wrote a four-book series titled The Heritage of Shannara. Give me a five hundred page sprawl as an assignment any day.

He writes mainly epic fantasy and has also written two movie novelizations. Terence Dean "Terry" Brooks (born January 8 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He is one of the biggest-selling living fantasy writers.