Wayne G. Hammond

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1. J.R.R. Tolkien

   Author of The Lost Road and Other Writings (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 5), Tales from the Perilous Realm, Tolkien's World : Paintings of Middle-Earth

2. Christina Scull

   Author of The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide, Volume 1: Chronology, The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide, Vol. 2: Reader's Guide, J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (Two Volume Box Set)

3. Verlyn Flieger

   Author of Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World, A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faerie, Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)

4. Tom Shippey

   Author of J.R.R.Tolkien: Author of the Century, The Road to Middle-earth: Revised and Expanded Edition, Roots and Branches

5. Wayne G. Hammond

   Author of J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, J.R.R. Tolkien: a Descriptive Bibliography

6. John Rateliff

   Author of The History of the Hobbit, Part 1: Mr. Baggins, The History of the Hobbit: Return to Bag-End v. 2, The History of the Hobbit

7. Douglas A. Anderson

   Author of Tolkien Studies, Volume I, Tolkien Sudies, Volume II, Tolkien Sudies, Volume IV

8. Humphrey Carpenter

   Author of Tolkien: A Biography, The Inklings

9. David Day

   Author of A Tolkien Bestiary, Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopædia, Tolkien's Ring

10. Jared Lobdell

    Author of A Tolkien Compass, The World of the Rings: Language, Religion, and Adventure in Tolkien, The Rise of Tolkienian Fantasy

11. Karen Wynn Fonstad

    Author of The Atlas of Middle-Earth

12. Peter Gilliver

    Author of The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary

13. John Garth

    Author of Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth

14. Ruth S. Noel

    Author of The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth

15. Robert Foster

    Author of The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth, A Guide to Middle Earth

16. Paul H. Kocher

    Author of Master of Middle-Earth: The Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien

17. John Tolkien

    Author of The Tolkien Family Album

18. Jane Chance

    Author of Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: A Reader, Tolkien the Medievalist (Routledge Research in Medieval Religion and Culture), Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages (The New Middle Ages)

19. Brian Sibley

    Author of The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-Earth

20. Barbara Strachey

    Author of Journeys of Frodo