 Goodkind has competed in various forms of amateur and semi-professional auto racing, and currently drives a Radical SR8 SM-500 race car for his own Rahl Racing team.Goodkind's first book, "Wizard's First Rule", was auctioned to a group of three publishers in 1994 and sold for a record price of $275,000.He has subsequently published 16 other novels and one novella.