Terry Goodkind
Terry Goodkind (born 1948) is an American fantasy writer, author of the Sword of Truth series. Currently the following books have been released:
- Wizard's First Rule (1994)
- Stone of Tears (1995)
- Blood of the Fold (1996)
- Temple of the Winds (1997)
- Soul of the Fire (1999)
- Faith of the Fallen (2000)
- The Pillars of Creation (2001)
- Naked Empire (2003)
The 2001 Legends anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg, features a short story, "Debt of Bones," set a few decades before the events in the main series. Later the same year, it was published as a stand-alone novella.
Goodkind's works have been deeply influenced by Ayn Rand's objectivism.