About the Author

Brian Sibley is the author of The Map of Tolkien's Middle-earth, Chicken Run: Hatching the Movie, and The Land of Narnia: Exploring the World of C.S. Lewis. He lives in England.

J.R.R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892. After serving in the First World War, he embarked upon a distinguished career as a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. He is the renowned creator of Middle-earth and author of the great modern classic, The Hobbit, the prelude to his epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Other works by J.R.R. Tolkien include The Silmarillion. J.R.R. Tolkien died in 1973 at the age of 81.

Product details

Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Printing edition (November 6, 2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 0618258000 ISBN-13: 978-0618258000 Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.7 x 11.2 inches Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds