The Wheel of Time is a series of high fantasy novels written by American author James Oliver Rigney, Jr. under his pen name of Robert Jordan. Originally planned as a six-book series, "The Wheel of Time" spanned fourteen volumes, in addition to a prequel novel and a companion book. Jordan began writing the first volume, "The Eye of the World", in 1984, and it was published in January, 1990.
The Wheel of Time series has more than twice as many books in it as it's author originally intended.