His first book "The Name of the Wind" is a truly wonderful tale of a young man, learning of the magic in the world through song, book, stone, and adventure. I suggest this read to anyone who enjoys a true fantasy novel. The only downside to this book is that they are being released very slowly so once you, as I am, are hooked on the series it will be quite some time before we will have the opportunity to finish it. A wonderful novel and an absolute must read for everyone. :)

I'd like to start with my favorite novel. I have three primarily fantastic novelists that I watch. Patrick Rothfuss, who is new to the author arena, is a particularly talented individual. He worked for ages getting his singularly gigantic novel complete. Once he did no publisher wanted it, but that was a foolish mistake. The issue wasn't that they didn't think it was good, the issue was that they thought it was too long for a first time novelist to publish such a large book of over 2000 pages. Finally Patrick got a publisher, one who knew better than others that every great piece of art has its place in the world. Patrick was forced unfortunately to split his one amazing book into three equally spectacular novels.