Robert Jordan
aka:
James Oliver Rigney, Jr.,
Reagan O'Neal,
Jackson O'Reilly
Moby ID: 408267
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James Oliver Rigney, Jr. was a best selling author of fantasy novels. He began writing in 1977, and used the pen names Robert Jordan, Reagan O'Neal and Jackson O'Reilly.
Using his Robert Jordan pen name, his best known work was The Wheel of Time series on which The Wheel of Time game (1999) was based.
Under the name Reagan O'Neal, he wrote several different series: Fallon and Conan the Barbarian. The only known book published under the pseudonym Jackson O'Reilly was Cheyenne Raiders in 1982.
He was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on Oct. 17, 1948, and died Sept. 16, 2007 of heart disease at the age of 58.
Credited on 5 games
| The Telwynium: Book Three - The Shadow of Spring (2023, Windows) | Special thanks and inspiration |
| The Telwynium: Book Two - The Summer King (2022, Windows) | Special thanks and inspiration |
| The Telwynium: Book One - Winter's Dawn (2021, Windows) | Special Thanks and inspiration |
| EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark (2000, Windows) | The EverQuest team would like to thank (in no particular order) |
| EverQuest (1999, Windows) | The EverQuest team would like to thank |
Frequent Collaborators
People- 4 games with David Eddings
- 3 games with Christy Marx
- 3 games with Peter Ledger
- 3 games with Barney Cumming
- 3 games with David Lloyd
- 3 games with Brandon Blume
- 3 games with Louis Meyer
- 3 games with Goatmeal
- 2 games with Mike Hutchins
- 2 games with Eric Hagstrom
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Companies
- 3 games with Powerhoof Pty Ltd
- 3 games with Itch Corp.
- 2 games with Daybreak Game Company LLC
- 1 game with Verant Interactive
- 1 game with 989 Studios
- 1 game with Valve Corporation
- 1 game with Ubisoft GmbH
- 1 game with Pi Editora Ltda.
- 1 game with New Era Interactive...
- 1 game with Darkpaw Games
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