Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr, under which he was best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. He also wrote under the names Reagan O'Neal and Jackson O'Reilly.
Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina. He taught himself to read when he was four with the incidental aid of a twelve-years-older brother, and was tackling Mark Twain and Jules Verne by five. He is a graduate of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army; among his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross with bronze oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with "V" and bronze oak leaf cluster, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with palm.After graduating he was employed by the United States Navy as a nuclear engineer.
Robert Jordan began writing in 1977. He wrote “Fallen” under the pen name "Reagan O'Neal" and he was one of several writers who have written new Conan the Barbarian stories.
In 1984 Robert Jordan began writing the first volume of The Wheel of Time - The Eye of the World, and it was published in February 1990. He wrote 11 books for the series, a prequel book – “New Spring” and a companion book with Teresa Patterson – “The World of Robert Jordan”.
Due to his health problems, Jordan did not work at full force on the final book of “The Wheel of Time” - A Memory of Light (later split into three volumes, beginning with “The Gathering Stor” by Brandon Sanderson, who was chosen to finish the “Wheel of Time” series by Tor Books)
He was a history buff and enjoyed hunting, fishing, sailing, poker, chess, pool, and pipe collecting
He lived with his wife Harriet McDougal, in a house built in 1797.
Robert Jordan died on September 16, 2007, after a courageous battle with the rare blood disease amyloidosis.
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