Editing Terry Goodkind (section)

==Early life==
Goodkind was born in 1948,<ref name = encyclopedia>{{cite book |author=D'Ammassa D |title=Encyclopedia of fantasy and horror fiction |publisher=Facts on File |location=New York |year=2006 |pages= [https://books.google.com/books?id=jUv5gVgSNvYC&pg=PA138 138–9] |isbn=0-8160-6192-0 }}</ref> and his home town was [[Omaha, Nebraska]].<ref name = Vegas>{{cite news | url = http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Aug-01-Tue-2000/lifestyles/13986007.html | title = Author relies on memory to create fantasy tales | last = White | first = K | work = [[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] | date = 2000-08-01 | access-date = 2011-04-27}}</ref> Because he had [[dyslexia]], he found little interest in school; therefore, he had no formal education beyond high school.

Goodkind's dyslexia initially dissuaded him from any interest in writing. Before starting his career as a writer, Goodkind built cabinets and violins, and was a marine and wildlife artist,<ref name = Vegas/> selling his paintings in galleries.<ref name = USAToday>{{cite news|url=http://cgi1.usatoday.com/mchat/20030805003/tscript.htm|title='Naked Empire': Author Terry Goodkind - Talk Today | newspaper= [[USA Today]] | date = April 8, 2003 | access-date = 2011-04-27 }}</ref>