Terry Goodkind Biography
Terry Goodkind is an American writer. He is known for the epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth which was adapted into a television series called Legend of the Seeker, which premiered on November 1, 2008, as well as the contemporary suspense novel The Law of Nines (2009), which has ties to his fantasy series.
Terry Goodkind Age
Terry Goodkind was born on May 1, 1948, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Novelist Goodkind was born under the zodiac sign Taurus. He also celebrates his birthday in the month of March 1st every year. Moreover, Terry Goodkind is an American citizen. As a young man, he found little interest in school because he has dyslexia and therefore has no formal education.
Terry Goodkind Net Worth
Terry’s net worth has been increasing over the years, according to Forbes and various sources Goodkind’s net worth, salary, annual income is currently under review. He makes his wealth mainly from his book sales. Terry Goodkind’s best-selling epic fantasy series ‘The Sword of Truth” has contributed greatly to his net worth.
His books have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List and sold over 25 million copies worldwide. over the years terry has gathered also a considerable amount of money from other sales that involved building cabinets and violins, and was a marine and wildlife artist, selling his paintings in galleries.
Terry Goodkind Wife
Terry Goodkind is a very private person when it comes to his personal life, at the moment we don’t know much about the writers family all that is known is that he is a married man, The name of Terry Goodkind wife is Jeri Goodkind and most probably he has children. In 1983, Goodkind moved with his wife, Jeri, to a house he built in Maine and later made his residence on the coast of Lake Las Vegas, Nevada, his primary home.
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Terry Goodkind Author
In 1993, during the construction of Terry Goodkind and Jeri’s home on the forested Mount Desert Island, off the coast of Maine, he began to write his first novel, Wizard’s First Rule, and his writing career was launched with its publication in 1994. Goodkind’s first book, Wizard’s First Rule, was auctioned to a group of three publishers in 1994 and sold for a record price of $275,000. He has subsequently published 16 other novels and one novella.
All of his books, with the exceptions of Stone of Tears and Wizard’s First Rule, have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list. Of his recent novels, Chainfire debuted at #3, in January 2005; Phantom at #1, in August 2006; and Confessor at #2, in November 2007.
Goodkind’s 12 books in the Sword of Truth series have sold 25 million copies and been translated into more than 20 languages. In 2018 Goodkind himself described the cover of his just-published novel Shroud of Eternity as “laughably bad”,
And invited his fans to mock it, offering free copies of the book to ten randomly selected responses on Facebook. Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme identified himself as the uncredited artist, describing Goodkind’s behavior as “totally disrespectful”,
Defending the art as “exactly what I was told to do” by the publisher. Goodkind subsequently apologized, but later characterized the work as “hackneyed”, stating that the character’s boots were “sexist”.
Terry Goodkind Nest
The nest is a landmark new novel from worldwide bestselling author Terry Goodkind, and a complete reinvention of the contemporary thriller. Travel with Goodkind on a dangerous journey to the back alleys of the darknet, to the darkest corners of our minds, and to the very origins of what it is to be human.
Kate Bishop thought she was an ordinary woman living and working in Chicago. But when she unexpectedly finds herself in the middle of a police investigation into a brutal murder, Kate makes a shocking discovery: she has the ability to identify killers just by looking into their eyes.
Terry Goodkind Shroud Of Eternity
The formidable sorceress Nicci and her companions—the newly powerless Nathan and the youthful Bannon set out on another quest after driving ruthless Norukai slavers out of Renda Bay. Their mission: restore Nathan’s magic and, for Nicci, save the world.
Guided by the witch-woman Red’s mysterious prophecy, the trio makes their way south of Kol Adair towards a wondrous city shrouded behind time, Dakar.
But the grotesque omens on their path to Nathan’s salvation severed Norukai heads on pikes, a genetically modified monster, and a petrified army of half a million.
Terry Goodkind Sword Of Truth
The Sword of Truth is a series of twenty-one epic fantasy novels written by Terry Goodkind. The books follow the protagonists Richard Cypher, Kahlan Amnell, Nicci, Cara, and Zeddicus Zu’l Zorander.
On their quest to defeat oppressors who seek to control the world and those who wish to unleash evil upon the world of the living. While each novel was written to stand alone.
Except for the final three that were intended to be a trilogy, they follow a common timeline and are linked by ongoing events that occur throughout the series.
The series began in 1994 with Wizard’s First Rule and Goodkind has since written eighteen more novels in addition to a novella titled Debt of Bones. The latest novel in the series, Shroud of Eternity, was released in 2018.
As of 2008, 25 million copies of the series’ books have been sold worldwide, and the series has been translated into more than 20 languages.
A television series adaptation of the novels, titled Legend of the Seeker, produced by ABC Studios and broadcast via syndication, first aired on November 1, 2008.
Keith Parkinson served as the cover artist for all the novels of the first edition, apart from Wizard’s First Rule and Blood of the Fold. New hardback and paperback editions of those two books were later published with new cover illustrations by Parkinson.
Parkinson died on October 26, 2005, but not before completing the cover art for two more novels in the series.
Terry Goodkind Siege Of Stone
The Sorceress Nicci, the Wizard Nathan Rahl, and the young swordsman Bannon remain in the legendary city of Ildakar after a great internal revolt has freed the slaves and brought down the powerful wizards council.
But as he fled the city, capricious Wizard Commander Maxim dissolved the petrification spell that had turned to stone the invading army of General Utros fifteen centuries earlier.
Now, hundreds of thousands of half-stone soldiers from the ancient past have awakened, led by one of the greatest enemy commanders in history.
Nicci, Nathan, and Bannon have to help Ildakar survive this unbreakable siege, using all the magical defenses of the legendary city. Even as General Utros holds Ildakar hostage and also unleashes his incredible army on the unsuspecting Old World.
An equally powerful threat arises out in the sea. Nicci knows the battle won’t remain in the city; if she can’t stop this threat, two invincible armies can sweep across the Old World and destroy D’Hara itself.
Terry Good kind The Scribbly Man
From the internationally bestselling author of the Sword of Truth series comes a new Richard and Kahlan novella.”They are the monsters under the bed when you are little, the shape just caught out of the corner of your eye when you thought you were alone.
The shadow of something in a dark corner that surprises you and then isn’t there. They stop you dead with a knot of unexpected terror in the pit of your stomach. We have all seen fleeting glimpses of them.
Never long enough to see them as I saw them, but it was them. I recognized it the instant I saw it. We’ve all seen flashes of them, the dark shadow just out of sight. They could briefly terrify us before but never hurt us because they came from so far distant.
Terry Goodkind Siege Of Stone
The ramifications of Shroud of Eternity extend throughout all of the Old World as familiar allies, dangerous magic, and creatures created by twisted sorcery all work at cross purposes to either save or destroy.
The Sorceress Nicci, the Wizard Nathan Rahl, and the young swordsman Bannon remain in the legendary city of Ildakar after a great internal revolt has freed the slaves and brought down the powerful wizards council.
But as he fled the city, capricious Wizard Commander Maxim dissolved the petrification spell that had turned to stone the invading army of General Utros fifteen centuries earlier.
Now, hundreds of thousands of half-stone soldiers from the ancient past have awakened, led by one of the greatest enemy commanders in history. Nicci, Nathan, and Bannon have to help Ildakar survive this unbreakable siege, using all the magical defenses of the legendary city.
Even as General Utros holds Ildakar hostage and also unleashes his incredible army on the unsuspecting Old World, an equally powerful threat arises out in the sea.
Nicci knows the battle won’t remain in the city; if she can’t stop this threat, two invincible armies can sweep across the Old World and destroy D’Hara itself
Terry Goodkind Heart Of Black Ice
In the wake of the brutal war that swept the Old World in Siege of Stone, a new danger is forming along the coast. Taken captive by their enemies.
King Grieve, along with Lila and Bannon are about to discover the terrifying force that threatens to bring destruction to the Old World.The Norukai, barbarian raiders, and slavers have been gathering an immense fleet among the inhospitably rocky islands.
That make up their home. With numbers greater than anyone could have imagined, the Norukai are poised to launch their final and most deadly war.
Terry Goodkind Books
♦ The Sword of Truth Series: Story Arc #1 – Darken Rahl
♦ #1 – Wizard’s First Rule (1994)
♦ #2 – Stone of Tears (1995)
♦ The Sword of Truth Series: Story Arc #2 – Imperial Order
♦ #3 – Blood of the Fold (1996)
♦ #4 – Temple of the Winds (1997)
♦ #4.5 – Debt of Bones (1998) (Prequel novella)
♦ #5 – Soul of the Fire (1999)
♦ #6 – Faith of the Fallen (2000)
♦ The Sword of Truth Series: Story Arc #3 – Pristinely Ungifted
♦ #7 – The Pillars of Creation (2002)
♦ #8 – Naked Empire (2003)
♦ The Sword of Truth Series: Story Arc #4 – Chainfire
♦ #9 – Chainfire (2005)
♦ #10 – Phantom (2006)
♦ #11 – Confessor (2007)
♦ The Sword of Truth Series: Story Arc #5 – The Darklands
♦ #13 – The Omen Machine (2011)
♦ #14 – The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus (2012) (pre-prequel novel)
♦ #15 – The Third Kingdom (2013)
♦ #16 – Severed Souls (2014)
♦ #17 – Warheart (2015)
Terry Goodkind Quotes
♦ “If the road is easy, you’re likely going the wrong way.”
♦ “People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it’s true, or because they are afraid it might be true.”
♦ “Love is not about what you want. It’s about finding happiness for the one you love.
♦ ”Nothing marks a man’s character better than his attraction to intelligence.”
♦ “You can’t argue with the fools in the world. It’s better to let them have their way, then trick them when they’re not paying attention.”
♦ “…Wizard’s Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.”
♦ “That is the curse of lying, Sister. Once you place that crown of the liar upon your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.”
♦ “Nothing gained without cost is valued. Freedom has a cost, and all will bear it so all will value and preserve it.”
♦ “No army has ever marched into battle thinking that the Creator had sided with their enemy.”
♦ “When the whole world is crazy, it doesn’t pay to be sane.”