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Robert Jordan

"Maybe the most important thing of all. Laugh."

        Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina, where he now lives with his wife Harriet. He taught himself to read when he was four with the incidental aid of a twelve-years-older brother, and was tackling Mark Twain and Jules Verne by five. He is a graduate of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army; among his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross with bronze oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with "V" and bronze oak leaf cluster, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with palm. A history buff, he has also written dance and theater criticism. He enjoys the outdoor sports of hunting, fishing, and sailing, and the indoor sports of poker, chess, pool, and pipe collecting. He has been writing since 1977 and intends to continue until they nail shut his coffin. That day may be fairly soon, Jordan was diagnosed with amyloidosis earlier this year. He has been given a median life expentancy of only four years. You can visit Jordan's blog here to see how he is doing.