Terry Lee Goodkind was an American writer known for the epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth. He also wrote the contemporary suspense novel The Law of Nines (2009), which is connected to his fantasy series.

The Sword of Truth series sold 25 million copies worldwide and was translated into more than 20 languages. It was also adapted into a television series called Legend of the Seeker, which premiered on November 1, 2008, and ran for two seasons, ending in May 2010.

Goodkind was a proponent of Ayn Rand's philosophical approach of Objectivism and made references to Rand's ideas and novels in his works.