Small Magic

With 12 million books in print and 18 titles on The Bestseller List New York Times, Terry Brooks is considered one of the masters of fantasy.
He was born in 1944 in Illinois and studied at Hamilton College, NY, where he graduated from Washington & Lee School of Law University. An avid reader, Brooks felt Inspired to write fantasy after reading The Lord of the Rings. Despite working as a lawyer during the day, at night he dedicated himself to the written and, in 1977, published The Sword of Shannara, in which he assumes the influence of the legacy of J. R. R. Tolkien.
The book was an immediate success and became the First work of fiction to appear on the list of The New York bestselling paperbacks Times, where he remained for more than five years months.
Since then, Brooks has dedicated himself completely to the literary career and has written several volumes from the Shannara Saga.