Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston. He was a graduate of the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics, and served 2 tours in Vietnam. His hobbies included hunting, fishing, sailing, poker, chess, pool and pipe collecting. He died in September 2007.
Harriet McDougal, former Editorial Director of Tom Doherty Associates, was Robert Jordan's wife and editor. She selected Brandon Sanderson to complete the series after Jordan's untimely death, and was his editor as well.
Alan Romanczuk and Maria Simons were Robert Jordan's editorial assistants for a combined eighteen years, and Harriet's for fourteen. They worked with Brandon Sanderson to complete the last three volumes of the series.
