Editing Terry Goodkind (section)

==Career==
Goodkind's started working on his first book, ''[[Wizard's First Rule]]'', in 1993.<ref name = "Official Bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.prophets-inc.com/the_author/ |title=Terry Goodkind Bio |website= terrygoodkind.com}}</ref> It was auctioned to a group of three publishers in 1994 and sold for a record price of $275,000.<ref name = Vegas/><ref name = Flewelling>{{cite news| url = http://www.sff.net/people/lynn.flewelling/s.goodkind.html | title = Lynn Flewelling interview with Terry Goodkind | work = Bangor Daily News | publisher = SFF.net | date = November 1995 | access-date = 2011-04-27 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Gilmore | first = C | author-link = Chris Gilmore | title = The St. James Guide To Fantasy Writers | editor = Pringle D | publisher = [[Gale (publisher)|St. James Press]] | year = 1996 | isbn = 1-55862-205-5 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781558622050/page/237 237]–8 | editor-link = David Pringle | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781558622050 }}</ref> He subsequently published 16 other novels and one [[novella]]. All of his books, with the exceptions of ''[[Stone of Tears]]'' and ''Wizard's First Rule'', have appeared on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hawes.com/pastlist.htm|website=Hawes' Archive|title=''New York Times'' bestsellers from 1994 to 2005}}</ref> His books ''[[Chainfire]]'' debuted at #3,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hawes.com/2005/0501.htm#January%2023|website=Hawes' archive |title= ''New York Times'' bestsellers—Week of January 23, 2005}}</ref> in January 2005; ''[[Phantom (Sword of Truth)|Phantom]]'' at #1,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hawes.com/2006/2006-08-06.pdf|website=Hawes' archive |title= ''New York Times'' bestsellers&nbsp;— Week of January 23, 2005}}</ref> in August 2006; and ''[[Confessor (novel)|Confessor]]'' at #2, in November, 2007.

Some of Goodkind's political views have provoked controversy,<ref name="gelder" /> notably the dedication to his novel ''The Pillars of Creation'' (2001):<ref>Gelder cites Goodkind's work as an example of the "reactionary aspects" of some modern fantasy writers. See Gelder (2004).</ref>

{{blockquote|To the people in the [[United States Intelligence Community]], who, for decades, have valiantly fought to preserve life and liberty, while being ridiculed, condemned, demonized, and shackled by the jackals of evil.<ref name = gelder/>}}

[[Don D'Ammassa]] described Goodkind as part of a "host of brand new writers [with] no previous experience writing fiction but who could turn out one large epic adventure after another".<ref>{{cite book|author=D'Ammassa D|title=Encyclopedia of fantasy and horror fiction|publisher=[[Infobase Publishing|Facts on File]]|year=2006|isbn=0-8160-6192-0|location=New York|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=jUv5gVgSNvYC&pg=PA138 138–9]}}</ref> [[Robert Eaglestone]] described his books as a "depressing read" due to the series' overarching cynicism, with a weakness being that the heroic characters are only likable in comparison with utterly murderous villains.<ref>{{cite book|author=Eaglestone R|title=Reading The Lord of the Rings: new writings on Tolkien's classic|publisher=[[Continuum International Publishing Group|Continuum]]|year=2005|isbn=0-8264-8460-3|location=London|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=dmu9G8oU3oQC&pg=PA172 172]}}</ref>

In June 2008, Goodkind signed a contract to publish three mainstream novels with G.P. Putnam's Sons/[[Penguin Books]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Andriani|first=L|date=June 28, 2008|title=Terry Goodkind Moves to Putnam for Three-Book Deal|work=[[Publishers Weekly]]|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6573502.html|url-status=dead|access-date=2011-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202025758/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6573502.html|archive-date=December 2, 2008}}</ref>  The first of these novels, titled ''[[The Law of Nines]]'', was released August 18, 2009.

In April 2010, Goodkind signed a contract to publish three more novels with [[Tor Books]], the first of which revisited the world and characters of the Sword of Truth series.<ref name="MacMillan" />  [[Tor Books]] published the first new novel, ''The Omen Machine'', on August 16, 2011. Goodkind [[Self-publishing|self-published]] the second new novel, ''The First Confessor: the Legend of Magda Searus'', on July 2, 2012;<ref>{{cite news|author=Deahl R|date=2012-06-13|title=Terry Goodkind to Self-Publish Next Novel|work=[[Publishers Weekly]]|url=http://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/52532-terry-goodkind-to-self-publish-next-novel.html?fb_comment_id=fbc_10150859606850770_22024154_10150859656855770|access-date=2012-09-16}}</ref>  the book was ranked #28 on the [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]] bestseller list by the next morning.<ref>{{cite news|date=2012-07-03|title=Tracking Amazon: Terry Goodkind's Self-Published Novel Skyrockets|work=[[Publishers Weekly]]|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/52860-tracking-amazon-terry-goodkind-s-self-published-novel-skyrockets.html|access-date=2012-09-16}}</ref> [[Tor Books]] released the sequel to ''the Omen Machine'', ''The Third Kingdom'', on August 20, 2013, and the third novel, ''Severed Souls'', which continues where ''The Third Kingdom'' ended, on August 5, 2014.

In 2017, a new novel in Sword of Truth Series was released, titled "Death's Mistress".<ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon.com: Death's Mistress|url=https://smile.amazon.com/Deaths-Mistress-Sister-Darkness-Chronicles/dp/0765388219/|access-date=2016-10-02}}</ref> In 2019, Goodkind's continuation of the Sword of Truth series was announced, titled "The Scribbly Man".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Goodkind|first1=Terry|title=Amazon.com: The Scribbly Man|date=April 2019|publisher=Bloomsbury USA |isbn=978-1789541182}}</ref>
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