Claim: The Hobbit was written by an English artist.
Evidence: The Hobbit , or There and Back Again is a children 's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien , -LRB- -LSB- ˈtɒlkiːn -RSB- Tolkien pronounced his surname -LSB- ˈtɒlkiːn -RSB- , see his phonetic transcription published on the illustration in The Return of the Shadow : The History of The Lord of the Rings , Part One.
Harlow : Longman , ISBN 0-582-05383-8 3 January 1892 -- 2 September 1973 -RRB- was an English writer , poet , philologist , and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit , The Lord of the Rings , and The Silmarillion.