What is Robert Jordan?
{{Infobox Writer | name = James Oliver Rigney Jr. | image = Robert Jordan.jpg | imagesize = 200px | alt = | caption = Jordan in 2006 | pseudonym = Robert Jordan | birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|10|17}} | birth_place = [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], [[South Carolina]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|9|16|1948|10|17|}} | death_place = South Carolina, United States | occupation = Novelist | nationality = [[United States|American]] | education = | alma_mater = The Citadel | period = | genre = [[Fantasy]] | notableworks = [[The Wheel of Time|''The Wheel of Time'' series]] | spouse = Harriet McDougal | awards = | signature = Robert Jordan signature (cropped).jpg | website = }} '''Robert Jordan''' (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007) was the pen or writing name of the [[Americans|American]] [[fantasy]] author '''James Oliver Rigney Jr.''' He was most famous for writing the long, epic fanasy series ''[[The Wheel of Time]]''. He died from [[amyloidosis]] before he was able to finish the series. The last volume ''A Memory of Light'' was split into three and was completed by fellow American fantasy writer [[Brandon Sanderson]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dragonmount.com/News/?p=326|title= Author chosen to finish the WHEEL OF TIME series|author= Denzel, Jason|date= December 10, 2007|publisher= www.dragonmount.com|access-date= December 18, 2009|archive-date= January 7, 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100107165333/http://www.dragonmount.com/News/?p=326|url-status= dead}}</ref> ==''The Wheel of Time''== ''The Wheel of Time'' is an epic fantasy series that centers around Rand al'Thor, a young man [[destiny|destined]] to be the Dragon Reborn, the [[savior]] figure of the story. The Dragon Reborn is [[prophecy|prophesied]] to lead the forces of the Light (the forces of good) to fight the Dark One (the main antago