Patrick Rothfuss Signs TV Series Deal Based on Fantasy Epic

Patrick Rothfuss, award-winning writer whose King Killer Chronicle has taken the world by storm, has just signed a deal for a television series based on the fantasy epic.

The news of the TV series hit during Comic Con 2013, the perfect place to announce the deal. Online chat rooms dedicated to the adaption of the series are now being formed.

A longtime student, grad student and finally teacher at the University of Wisconsin, Rothfuss worked for many years at writing, building up a massive fantasy story, one small piece of which was his winning entry in the Writers of the Future contest, that he called "The Road to Levenshir." That was in 2002.

At the contest workshop, he met the writers and contacts that allowed him to get a major New York agent, which led to a book deal for his fantasy epic. The first novel, The Name of the Wind, was an instant hit both among fans and critics and became a New York Times bestseller. The second novel in the series, The Wise Man's Fear debuted at #1 on the New York Times list.

Rothfuss stated, "I really can't say enough good things about Writers of the Future. When I won, I'd been trying to get an agent for two years. Trying and failing. My writing was pretty solid, but I didn't know anything about the publishing world.... .It's fair to say that without Writers of the Future, I wouldn't be where I am today...."

The contest, now in its 30th year, created by best-selling author L. Ron Hubbard, is a merit-based competition initiated to discover and encourage talented beginning writers of science fiction and fantasy and help launch their careers. Winners are treated to not only publication of their work in the annual L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, but are also given a week-long workshop on the life of a writer and a gala awards ceremony.

The contest has launched the careers of twelve New York Times bestselling authors in it's 30 year history.

To learn more, including details on how to enter the contest, visit their website at http://www.writersofthefuture.com

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