An older gentlemen asked him how he met Tom Doherty at Tor. With a relatively lengthy reply, Jordan stated that he published his first book, “a historical novel called The Fallon Blood ,” with Popham Press. The “Popham” comes from his chief publisher at the time, Harriet Popham McDougal. Soon, he was dating Harriet, and was eventually married. Harriet through some fashion sold her publishing business to Tom Doherty, bringing along her new author husband who had sold some half-million copies in the mass market with The Fallon Blood . Jordan further commented that just about everything he wanted to write had appealed to Tom, and thus Tor has since bought most of Jordan’s novels for publication.
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