Brandon Sanderson is twenty-eight years old, and is currently living in Orem Utah. He is a grad student at Brigham Young University, where he earned his B.A. in English. He's currently working on an M.A. in creative writing.

Brandon is the author of several works of fiction, two of which were recently purchased by Tor Books--an occasion met with much rejoicing. Expect ELANTRIS to be out in May 2005, and MISTBORN to follow in May 2006.

Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina, where he now lives with his wife Harriet, in a house built in 1797. He taught himself to read when he was four with the incidental aid of a twelve-years-older brother, and was tackling Mark Twain and Jules Verne by five. He is a graduate of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army; among his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star with "V," and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry. A history buff, he has also written dance and theater criticism. He enjoys the outdoor sports of hunting, fishing, and sailing, and the indoor sports of poker, chess, pool, and pipe collecting. He has been writing since 1977 and intends to continue until they nail shut his coffin.

Edit: Robert Jordan passed away on September 16th, 2007, after battling cardiac amyloidosis for some time.

The Eye of the World

The Great Hunt

The Dragon Reborn

The Shadow Rising

The Fires of Heaven

Lord of Chaos

A Crown of Swords

A Path of Daggers

Winter's Heart

Crossroads of Twilight

Knife of Dreams

A Memory of Light

The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

The first chapter to the Wheel of Time's upcoming book, The Gathering Storm is now available online on the TOR website, and can be found here. This book is the first of the last three that will be co-written by Brandon Sanderson, after Robert Jordan, after passed away in September 2007.

Author Brandon Sanderson has been selected by Harriet, Robert Jordan's widow, to complete the Wheel of Time series. Here is a news item from Dragonmount and an Interview with Brandon Sanderson.

Robert Jordan, author of the immensely popular Wheel of Time series, passed away yesterday, September 16th, 2007. He had been fighting Cardiac Amyloidosis since his diagnosis with the disease in March 2006.

This is from SciFi.com (http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=37642):

Jordan's Condition Good, But Mixed

Best-selling fantasy author Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time) is back home in Charleston, S.C., after a visit to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where he was treated for a rare blood disorder, "with mostly good, but certainly mixed results," Jordan's official blog reported.

Jordan, whose real name is Jim Rigney, has been undergoing treatment for a condition known as amyloidosis since April. Amyloidosis is a rare blood disease, affecting only eight people out of a million each year, which causes an abnormal protein buildup in various organs that can permanently damage them. Jordan's condition was first reported in a March 23rd letter to Locus Magazine.

Though amyloidosis is a serious and potentially fatal disease, Jordan said in his Locus letter that he has "30 more years' worth of books to write," and added that he doesn't intend to "let this thing get in [his] way."

Jordan, who is perhaps best known for the Wheel of Time series, said on his blog that if "worse comes to worst," he will finish A Memory of Light, the final book in the main sequence of The Wheel of Time, so that the main story arc, at the very least, will be completed. Jordan added that A Memory of Lightisn't intended to be the last The Wheel of Time book; he has plans to write two short prequel novels and possibly three "outrigger" novels set in the Wheel of Time universe. Jordan also has plans to write two Infinity of Heaven trilogies, a series set in "quite another universe." —John Joseph Adams

The short of it is that Jordan is back home for a time. The news from the doctors is possitive, but mixed. At the very least he still plans to finnish off the main story arc of the Wheel of Time series with the book, A Memory of Light. He will of course write more if he can, but that is what I wanted to hear. There will be an ending. Yay!

Robert Jordan wrote a letter to Locus Magazine yesterday stating that he has been diagnosed with amyloidosis and will begin treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. For details, check out: Robert Jordan's entry in his blog; Robert Jordan's letter to Locus Magazine; and the same letter at Tor's website.

Dragonmount is hosting the "13 Days of Christmas!" Each day leading up to Christmas, Dragonmount will be releasing one color image of all 13 of the original Forsaken. The images are created by Dabel Brother productions, teh company responsible for producing the New Spring graphic novel. The images are sized to fit common desktop sizes. Link to desktops.

Although this probably doesn't *need* mentioning, I thought I'd go ahead and say it anyway. Knife of Dreams, Robert Jordan's 11th book in the Wheel of Time series hit the shelves today. Enjoy! And don't forget to post your review :).

Tor has updated Robert Jordan's upcoming tour schedule. You can find it at www.tor.com/jordan/signings.html. The word on Dragonmount is that he will only be signing hard cover Wheel of Time books, one of which must be Knife of Dreams, only 2 books per person per trip through the line, and no personalized autographs (though pictures are okay).

It seems that Robert Jordan has entered the blogosphere. Dragonmount is hosting his blog. You can find it at www.dragonmount.com/RobertJordan/.

The scavenger hunt starts today! From the www.knifeofdreams.com/ website: "To participate in the Knife of Dreams Internet Hunt contest, fill out the registration form. Each week for twelve weeks, beginning on Tuesday, August 2, 2005 and ending on Tuesday, October 18, 2005, participants will be asked to correctly answer a question about The Wheel of Timeâ„¢ universe."

The comic book adaptation of Robert Jordan's New Spring has been expanded from 6 to 8 books. Though I have not found confirming information from the Red Eagle Entertainment webpage, word has it that anyone who purchased a subscription for the original 6 books locked in that price (in other words, wont have to shell out anything extra for 2 more books).

There is a fantastic synopsis of Robert Jordan's Comic*Con panel up on dragonmount. He speaks about Knife of Dreams, some interesting WoT triva, the state of the WoT video game (or rather lack thereof), a brief mention of his next series, Infinity of Heaven, and lots of other goodies. Also, the prologue to Knife of Dreams "Embers Falling on Dry Grass" is available as an eBook from Simon and Schuster Online, and other online retailers.

This news isn't tecnically new, just new to me... Tor has announced an online scavenger hunt in anticipation of the release of Knife of Dreams, Robert Jordan's 11th book in the Wheel of Time series. Some pretty neat prizes will be availble, including lots of signed books and other memorabilia.

Red Eagle Enterntainment announced that the graphic novel adaptation of New Spring is now available for purchase. You can purchase a subscription to the comic series from their website, www.red-eagle-entertainment.com/shop.