BRIAN SIBLEY is a noted writer and broadcaster best known in Tolkien circles for his work on the BBC's epic 1981 radio serialisation of THE LORD OF THE RINGS, as well as books about the maps of Middle-earth and the making of THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THE HOBBIT film trilogies. In 2022 he published the Sunday Times bestselling THE FALL OF NUMENOR and was the recipient of the Tolkien Society's 'Outstanding Contribution Award'.
JOHN HOWE was born in 1957 in Vancouver, Canada. He has illustrated many French children's books, but is best known for his Tolkien calendars, book jackets, maps and posters and as the author of A MIDDLE-EARTH TRAVELLER. He was Conceptual Artist on Peter Jackson's acclaimed Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, and returned to New Zealand in 2009 to work on the The Hobbit trilogy. Most recently he has worked on Amazon Prime's The Rings of Power and the Warner Bros. animated film, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.
