He graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree and began working for the U.S. Īfter returning from Vietnam in 1970, Jordan studied physics at The Citadel. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with "V" and oak leaf cluster, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with palm. He served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War as a helicopter gunner. He went to Clemson University after high school, but dropped out after one year and enlisted in the U.S. Jordan was born in Charleston, South Carolina. Jordan claimed to have ghostwritten an "international thriller" that is still believed to have been written by someone else. Jordan also published historical fiction using the pseudonym Reagan O'Neal, a western as Jackson O'Reilly, and dance criticism as Chang Lung. He is one of several writers to have written original Conan the Barbarian novels his are considered by fans to be some of the best of the non- Robert E. He is known best for his series The Wheel of Time (finished by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan's death) which comprises 14 books and a prequel novel. (Octo– September 16, 2007), better known by his pen name Robert Jordan, was an American author of epic fantasy.
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