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, who wrote for a young adult audience, produced more than two dozen books, with the “Vampire Diaries” series the best known. via Julie Divola ...

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.

Although both men loved mythology in general, Tolkien was convinced that the Jesus myth was the one true myth. That was the start of Lewis’ journey from atheism to Christianity.

Narnia's C.S. Lewis and The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien were very good friends. They read and critiqued each others work ...

The Mythmakers has gone into a second printing from publisher ABRAMS Books, and will undoubtedly prove to be a top gift for both teenagers and lovers of Tolkien and Lewis this holiday season.

AN Australian producer is leading the battle to bring to screen the story of JRR Tolkien’s relationship with his University of Oxford colleague CS Lewis.

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".

This year marks 200 years since the birth of George MacDonald, whose fantasy writing and ideas on faith inspired literary greats including JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis. MacDonald, who was born in Huntly ...