Terry Goodkind

Terry Goodkind (1948–2020) was an American writer best known for The Sword of Truth, an epic fantasy series that opens with Wizard's First Rule. The series sold 25 million copies worldwide and was adapted into the television show Legend of the Seeker. He also wrote The Law of Nines, a contemporary suspense novel with ties to his fantasy world, and he was a proponent of Ayn Rand's objectivism, referring to her ideas in his books.