Shawn E. Marchese went down the hobbit hole in his teens and has been in love with Middle-earth ever since. He co-hosted The Prancing Pony Podcast, a weekly podcast about J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, regularly for six seasons. A native of Louisiana, he lives in Texas with his wife and two children, who seem to enjoy his dinner table retellings of stories from the First Age.
Learn about the man who wrote The Lord of the Rings in this Middle-earth treasury. Full of answers to common questions asked by readers to learn about Middle-earth and the fandom, this book about Tolkien celebrates Why We Love Middle-earth. Read More
