Of his recent novels, Chainfire debuted at #3, in January 2005 Phantom at #1, in August 2006 and Confessor at #2, in November, 2007.

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. He subsequently published 16 other novels and one novella. Goodkind's first book, Wizard's First Rule, was auctioned to a group of three publishers in 1994 and sold for a record price of $275,000. In 1993, during the construction of his and Jeri's home on the forested Mount Desert Island, off the coast of Maine, he began to write his first novel, Wizard's First Rule, and his writing career was launched with its publication in 1994. Before starting his career as a writer, Goodkind built cabinets and violins, and was a marine and wildlife artist, selling his paintings in galleries. Goodkind's dyslexia initially dissuaded him from any interest in writing. In 1983, Goodkind moved with his wife, Jeri, to a house he built in Maine and later made his residence on the coast of Lake Las Vegas, Nevada, his primary home. Because he had dyslexia, he found little interest in school, and therefore had no formal education beyond high school.

Goodkind was born in 1948, and his home town was Omaha, Nebraska. Goodkind was a proponent of Ayn Rand's philosophical approach of Objectivism, and made references to Rand's ideas and novels in his works.

Additionally, it was adapted into a television series called Legend of the Seeker, which premiered on November 1, 2008, and ran for two seasons, ending in May 2010. The Sword of Truth series sold 25 million copies worldwide and was translated into more than 20 languages. He was known for the epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth as well as the contemporary suspense novel The Law of Nines (2009), which has ties to his fantasy series. Terry Lee Goodkind (January 11, 1948 – September 17, 2020) was an American writer.

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