Wizard at Large

Questor Thews is only a semi-competent wizard, but when High Lord Ben Holiday and his love Willow need use of his powers, he tries to comply. He tries, all right, but he doesn't have all that much faith in himself--not since he turned a terrier into an imp. Still, he'll do what he can....

Terry Brooks was born in Illinois in 1944. He received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, where he majored in English Literature, and his graduate degree from the School of Law at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. He was a practicing attorney until recently; he has now retired to become a full-time author. A writer since high school, he published his first novel, The Sword of Shannara, in 1977 and the sequels The Elfstones of Shannara in 1982 and The Wishsong of Shannara in 1985. Magic Kingdom for Sale-Sold! began a best-selling new series for him in 1986; Brooks presently lives in the Northwest.