Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944)[2] is an American writer of fantasy fiction.

He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career,[3] and has sold over 25 million copies of his books in print.

[5] Brooks was born in the rural Midwestern town of Sterling, Illinois, and spent a large part of his life living there.

[6] One day, in his early college life, he was given a copy of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, which inspired him to write in one genre.

[6] After finishing two sequels to The Sword of Shannara, Brooks moved on to the series which would become known as the Landover novels.

The three books are; Wards of Faerie (Feb 2013), Bloodfire Quest (June 2013), and Witch Wraith (Dec 2013).

He followed this with the trilogy Defenders of Shannara, which include The High Druid's Blade (July 2014), The Darkling Child (June 2015), and The Sorcerer's Daughter (May 24, 2016).

[11] Brooks has written a number of other books, based on movies, science fiction and his own life.

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace was published April 21, 1999, with four differing dust jacket covers.