The Wit of the Staircase: The Life and Work of Robert Jordan

On September 16 2007, Jim Rigney, whose pen name was Robert Jordan, the author of The Wheel of Time series, died in Charleston, SC. He was America's highest selling fantasy writer, and was in the middle of writing his final book in the series. In addition, he wrote historical novels set during the revolutionary war, he also wrote additional books for the iconic Conan the Barbarian series.