Daniel Grotta’s critical biography of J.R.R. Tolkein bears several distinctions. “J.R.R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle Earth” from Running Press was the first biography of the author of “The Hobbit” ...

John Hendrix’s magically illustrated biography tells the tale of one of literature’s greatest friendships. Show, don’t tell, say the masters of literature. But in “The Mythmakers: The Remarkable ...

From light romps to profound reads, a bumper crop of books tells us more about the maker of Middle-earth. For a warm portrait of the man and his work, see Clyde Kilby, Tolkien and the Silmarillion ...

Michael Coren’s new biography of J.R.R. Tolkien could not have come at a more appropriate time. It follows on the heels of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings being voted the most popular book of the last ...

We may know him best for giving us the world of Middle-earth, but J.R.R. Tolkien was a man of many talents. As an esteemed scholastic linguist, he gave an influential lecture at Oxford about the ...

Ablaze sent a press release to promote their "new graphic novel" biography of J. R. R. Tolkien's life – but it was originally published in French in 2019 by Soleil. Tolkien: Lightning Up The Darkness, ...

TOLKIEN - A BIOGRAPHY by Michael White. Published in hardback by Little Brown, £16.99. Now his masterpiece is on the big screen, Tokien's life is a hot topic. In his new biography, Michael White ...

First, a bit of movie history concerning films based on works by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. There was the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy (“The Fellowship of the Ring,” “The Two Towers,” and “The Return ...