title: Towers of Midnight (Wheel of Time, Book Thirteen)
author:  Robert Jordan 
description: <span class="h1"><strong>Author One-on-One: Patrick Rothfuss and Brandon Sanderson</strong></span> <br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=s9_al_bw_feat?ie=UTF8&amp;docId=1000661941"> <img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/PenguinEMS2011/Rothfusscampaign.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px; float: left;" /> </a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=s9_al_bw_feat?ie=UTF8&amp;docId=1000661941"> <img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/PenguinEMS2011/Sandersonforcampaign.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px; float: left; " /> </a> In an <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=s9_al_bw_feat?ie=UTF8&amp;docId=1000661941">exclusive interview</a> for Amazon.com, epic fantasy authors <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/store/B001DAHXZQ">Patrick Rothfuss</a> (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wise-Mans-Fear-Kingkiller-Chronicles/dp/0756404738"><em>The Wise Man's Fear</em></a>) and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/store/B001IGFHW6">Brandon Sanderson</a> (<em>Towers of Midnight</em>) sat down to discuss collaborating with publishers, dealing with success, and what goes into creating and editing their work.
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  For Jason Denzel, Melissa Craib, Bob Kluttz, Jennifer Liang,  
  Linda Taglieri, Matt Hatch, Leigh Butler, Mike Mackert,  
  and all those readers who over the years have made  
  The Wheel of Time part of their lives, and in doing so  
  have made the lives of others better.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Contents
  
  > [MAPS](Towers_of_Midnight_split_002.html#filepos629)
  
  > [PROLOGUE: Distinctions](Towers_of_Midnight_split_005.html#filepos10973)
  
  [1 Apples First](Towers_of_Midnight_split_005.html#filepos126417)
  
  [2 Questions of Leadership](Towers_of_Midnight_split_007.html#filepos147494)
  
  [3 The Amyrlin’s Anger](Towers_of_Midnight_split_009.html#filepos183666)
  
  [4 The Pattern Groans](Towers_of_Midnight_split_011.html#filepos224548)
  
  [5 Writings](Towers_of_Midnight_split_013.html#filepos271516)
  
  [6 Questioning Intentions](Towers_of_Midnight_split_015.html#filepos324391)
  
  [7 Lighter than a Feather](Towers_of_Mi