Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007) He used this pseudonym for fantasy novels, including the bestselling The Wheel of Time series for which he was best known; he also wrote historical fiction as Reagan O'Neal, a western as Jackson O'Reilly, and dance criticism as Chang Lung, and he had ghostwritten an "international thriller" that is still believed to have been written by someone else... More

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  • Oct 17, 1948

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  • Sep 16, 2007 (age 58 years)

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  • Chang Lung,
  • Jackson O'Reilly,
  • James Oliver Rigney Jr.,
  • Reagan O'Neal,
  • James Oliver Rigney, Jr.,
  • Jordan, Robert

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