![]() ![]() Using the internet, he tracked down Sanderson through a campus directory-and the rest is history. ![]() Several months later, after reading the manuscript and deciding he had to have it, Feder tried to find the author, who had since moved. His debut novel, Elantris, was an unagented gem discovered after Sanderson, then a college student writing during his late night shift at a local hotel, approached Tor editor Moshe Feder at a fantasy convention. Like Jordan, Sanderson was an avid reader and writer from an early age. I still believe that without your success, many younger authors like myself would never have had a chance at publishing their dreams. You showed me what it was to have vision and scope in a fantasy series–you showed me what could be done. Jordan,” posted on his blog, Sanderson writes to Jordan: “Personally, I feel indebted to you. It is the perfect match for Sanderson, who gratefully acknowledges the role Jordan played as an inspiration to him as a writer. President and Publisher of Tor Books, Tom Doherty, also expressed his happiness with Harriet’s decision, saying: “I am delighted that Harriet has chosen Brandon to complete Robert Jordan’s magnificent and timeless epic.” I will of course be editing this book as I have all of the other books of The Wheel of Time.” Harriet Popham Rigney, Jordan’s beloved wife and editor, said of her decision to have Sanderson complete the last book in The Wheel of Time series: “I have chosen Brandon Sanderson to complete Robert Jordan’s great work, and I am absolutely delighted that he accepted. The last four books in the series were all #1 New York Times bestsellers, and for over a decade fans have been eagerly awaiting the final novel that would bring the epic story to its conclusion. ![]() ![]() The new novel, A MEMORY OF LIGHT, will be the twelfth and final book in the beloved fantasy series which has sold over 14 million copies in North America and over 30 million copies worldwide. Robert Jordan, one of the greatest storytellers of the 20th and early 21st centuries, died September 16th after a courageous battle with the rare blood disease amyloidosis. Tor Books announced today that novelist Brandon Sanderson has been chosen to finish the final novel in Robert Jordan’s bestselling Wheel of Time fantasy series. Tor announces that the final novel in bestselling Robert Jordan’s legendary Wheel of Time® fantasy series will be completed by author Brandon Sanderson. ![]()
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