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Interview #388: LA Times Interview: Completing a World Left Unfinished, Entry #1

Brad Wilcox

When bestselling author Robert Jordan died last year from a rare blood disease, fans of his popular series, “The Wheel of Time,” braced themselves for the possibility that his 12-book fantasy world would end one volume shy of completion.

Before his death, Jordan, whose real name was James Rigney, Jr., signed over the book rights to his wife, Harriet, and requested that she find a capable author to finish the series for his fans. After his death, a eulogy posted on the website of Brandon Sanderson caught the attention of Harriet Rigney, and a successor was named. Rigney announced that Sanderson, a 32-year-old fantasy writer from Provo, Utah, would complete the final book, slated to be released in 2009.

Harriet McDougal Rigney

“I am sad to see the series end. But I would be far more distressed to leave it unfinished, incomplete and dangling forever,” Rigney wrote via e-mail from Charleston, S.C., where she lives. “Jordan didn’t want that. I must see it through for him.”

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