Robert Jordan

 

      

 

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Tor novelist Robert Jordan (whose given name was James Oliver Rigney Jr.), the beloved author of the bestselling Wheel of Time® fantasy series, died after a courageous battle with the rare blood disease amyloidosis.
 
In an entry posted on Jordan's blog at www.dragonmount.com, Jordan's cousin Wilson Grooms wrote that he passed away Sunday, September 16th at 2:45 pm and noted that: "He fought a valiant fight against this most horrid disease. In the end, he left peacefully and in no pain," and that "his beloved wife, Harriet, was at this side through the entire fight and to the end."

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Born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina. "Robert Jordan" is actually a pseudonym for ,surprising as it may seem, James Oliver Rigney Jr, under which he has written the "Wheel of Time" fantasy series as well as several books of the "Conan" series. Other pseudonyms are Reagan O'Neal ("Fallon" series), Jackson O'Reilly ("Cheyenne Raiders"),Chang Lung, Oviler Girney.
He is desended, rumor has it, from the greatest author of all time, James Oliver Curwood.

Robert Jordan is a graduate of the Citadel (the Military College of South Carolina) with a degree in Physics. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam and among his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star with "V" and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry.

He enjoys the outdoor sports of hunting, fishing and sailing, and the indoor sports of poker, chess, pool and pipe collecting. An international bestselling author, Robert Jordan has been writing since 1977 and intends to continue until they nail shut his coffin. Currently resides in Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife, Harriet B. Baker.