Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston,
South Carolina. He taught himself to read when he was four with the
incidental aid of a twelve-years-older brother, and was tackling
Mark Twain and Jules Verne by five. He is a graduate of The
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in
physics. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army; among
his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross with bronze oak
leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with "V" and bronze oak leaf cluster,
and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with palm. A history buff, he
has also written dance and theater criticism and enjoyed the
outdoor sports of hunting, fishing, and sailing, and the indoor
sports of poker, chess, pool, and pipe collecting.
Robert Jordan began writing in 1977 and went on to write The
Wheel of Time®, one of the most important and best selling series
in the history of fantasy publishing with over 14 million copies
sold in North America, and countless more sold abroad.
Robert Jordan died on September 16, 2007, after a courageous
battle with the rare blood disease amyloidosis.
Kate Reading is the recipient of multiple
AudioFile Earphones Awards and has been named by
AudioFile magazine as a "Voice of the Century," as well as
the Best Voice in Science Fiction & Fantasy in 2008 and 2009.
Her audiobook credits include reading for such authors as Jane
Austen, Robert Jordan, Edith Wharton, and Sophie Kinsella.
She has performed at numerous theaters in Washington D.C. and
received a Helen Hayes Award for her performance in Aunt Dan and
Lemon.
Michael Kramer has narrated over 100 works
for many bestselling authors. He has received Audiofile
magazine''s Earphones Award for the Kent Family series by John
Jakes and for Alan Fulsom''s The Day After Tomorrow. He
has also read for Robert Jordan's epic Wheel of Time
fantasy-adventure series. His work includes recording books for the
Library of Congress's Talking Books program for the blind and
physically handicapped.
Michael also works as an actor in the Washington, D.C. area,
where he lives with his wife, Jennifer Mendenhall, and their two
children. He has appeared as Lord Rivers in Richard III at The
Shakespeare Theatre, Howie/Merlin in The Kennedy Center's
production of The Light of Excalibur, Sam Riggs and Frederick
Savage in Woody Allen's Central Park West/Riverside Drive, and Dr.
Qari Shah in Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul at Theatre J.