Film & TV
Illinois, USA
TERRY BROOKS was born in Illinois in 1944. He spent a great deal of his childhood and early adulthood dreaming up stories in and around Sinnissippi Park, the very same setting for Running with the Demon. He received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College, where he majored in English Literature, and went on to earn his graduate degree from the School of Law at Washington & Lee…
Known for
- Ringers: Lord of the Fans — Self2005
- Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Terence Dean Brooks , ( 1944-01-08 ) January 8, 1944 (age 82) , Sterling, Illinois , U.S.
- Occupation
- Author, former attorney
- Education
- Hamilton College ( BA ), Washington and Lee University ( JD )
- Genre
- Epic fantasy , urban fantasy
- Notable awards
- World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement , Inkpot Award (1997)
- Spouse
- Judine Brooks
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Terry
- Family name
- Brooks
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sterling
- Occupation
- science fiction writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Inkpot Award
- Genre
- fantasy
- Official website
- terrybrooks.net
- Image
- Terry Brooks at Rose City Comic Con 02 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Terry Brooks
- date of birth
- 1944-01-08
- name in native language
- Terrence Dean Brooks
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- nominated for
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
- web feed URL
- terrybrooks.online/home/f.rss
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Encyclopedic overview
Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two film novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has sold over 25 million copies of his books in print. He is one of the most successful living fantasy writers. In March 2025, he announced his semi-retirement from writing.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Terry Brooks” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.