John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is internationally renowned as the author of epic fantasy novels like 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy. But who was he? Where did he get his ideas for the panoramic worlds he created and the Elfs, Orcs, Trolls and other creatures that lived in them?
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Dr Susan Ang is the author of The Widening World of Children's Literature. She has also contributed articles on children's literature to Encarta and The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English among which are entries on Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Dr Ang is a lecturer with the Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore, whose teaching lies mainly in the areas of nineteenth-century literature, science fiction and gothic.
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