Inspired by her literary idols, JRR. Tolkien and CS Lewis. She adopted her pen name, LJ Smith, as a tribute to them. She pursued her studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, earning a ...

L.J. Smith, an author of young adult novels best known for “ The Vampire Diaries ” series, which became a hit television drama, and for repossessing her characters by writing fan fiction after ...

While neither is noted for writing dystopian or futuristic fiction, both J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis wrote of the warped view of eternal life that may emerge in the future.

For two men who built grand worlds of myth and magic, LEWIS AND TOLKIEN is a strikingly intimate and deeply human story—not of great battles or epic journeys, but of friendship, regret, and the ...

Chesterton never wrote about Santa Claus, nor, for that matter, did Tolkien or C. S. Lewis; they wrote about Father Christmas. Nor is this a question of mere semantics.

The one-man performance tells how Lewis’ encounter with writer J.R.R. Tolkien changed his perception of Christmas and faith. Shows start at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 and at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 8.

Water Skiing Santa & Fireworks: Santa skis at 7:30 p.m., followed by fireworks! In between the festivities, take a stroll through downtown Wetumpka for some holiday shopping.

Tolkien and Lewis became very good friends during this period. In The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 282, Tolkien writes, ...

The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien is a remarkable tale of a literary friendship that changed the course of publishing, storytelling and myth-making forever.

Attractive Films’ Wernher Pramschufer describes his coming feature film, Tolkien & Lewis, as “obviously one of the most extraordinary stories yet untold”. Simultaneously, former Twentieth ...

Tolkien would later criticise MacDonald's work for being moralising. CS Lewis, who wrote The Chronicles of Narnia, was another fan of the Scot and described him as his "spiritual master".