Author: Tom Shippey
Alternate names: Tom Shippey; Tom Allen; John Holm
Born: 9 September 1943
Bio: Thomas Alan Shippey is a British scholar of medievalism, of medieval literature, including that of Anglo-Saxon England, and of modern fantasy and science fiction. In particular he is widely considered one of the world's leading academic scholars on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien about whom he has written several books and many scholarly papers. - Wikipedia