He is the author of the New York Times bestseller A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918 (Harper Collins, 2015). His essays and commentary have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the National Interest and National Review. Loconte previously served as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University, and was a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. He is currently at work on a documentary film series about the impact of war on the lives and achievements of Tolkien and Lewis.