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2010 WOTR KEYNOTE: TERRY BROOKS |
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TERRY BROOKS
2010 Keynote Speaker
A writer since the age of ten, Terry Brooks published his first novel, The Sword of Shannara, in 1977. 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. He has written twenty-six bestselling novels, movie adaptations of Hook and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and a memoir on his writing life titled Sometimes the Magic Works. He has sold over thirty million copies of his books domestically and is published worldwide. His Magic Kingdom of Landover series is under option at Universal Studios and his Shannara series is at Warner Brothers. His latest novel, A Princess of Landover, was published in August 2009. The author lives with his wife Judine in the Pacific Northwest.
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