Rachel Morgan

10/15/05

American History #2

Biography of Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan was born in 1948 as James Oliver Rigney, Jr. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina. His mother is unknown and his father was James Oliver Rigney. When he was four he had taught himself to read with the help of his brother and by age five he was reading Mark Twain and Jules Verne. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army from 1968 to 1970. From that he received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star with "V", and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry. He then went and graduated from the Citadel with a degree in math and physics. After getting a degree, he went and served with the Navy as an nuclear engineer. Later on, he acquired an injury and had to be hospitalized. While in the hospital he caught up on his reading. After finishing all his reading, he decided that he could write just as well as the other authors. Thus began his Wheel of Time series as well as the other books he has written under other pseudonyms. He has been writing since 1977 and plans on doing so until he dies. He has a wife Harriet and they live in Charleston, South Carolina in a house that was built in 1797.

I chose Robert Jordan because he is my favorite author and I thought that it would be very interesting to learn about his background and what his life has been like. It has definitely interesting learning about him and what caused him to write.

Credits:

Thanks to:

1. http://www.sevenspokes.com/author/bio.html
2. http://www.syngin.com/library/byauthor.php?author_id=3
3. http://www.angelfire.com/biz5/authors/jordan.html

4. http://users.qnet.com/~raven/rjbio.html

5. http://www.sfbookcase.com/author.asp?forename=Robert&surname=Jordan

6. http://a1110.g.akamai.net/7/1110/5507/v001/bookstream.download.akamai.com/5507/bw/bs/0312864590/c/biography.htm