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name: Douglas A. Anderson
about: Douglas Allen Anderson (born 1959) is an author and editor on the subjects of fantasy and medieval literature, specializing in textual analysis of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.His first published book was The Annotated Hobbit (1988), which grew out of a study of the revisions made by Tolkien. The Annotated Hobbit won the Mythopoeic Award for scholarship. Anderson has also edited modern editions of works by other fantasists including Kenneth Morris and William Hope Hodgson.