Who Wrote This?

There are millions of books around the world written my many different authors. Every author is different; from their writing style to the genres of books they write. To become an author, you must open your mind to all possibilities because everything is possible, especially when writing fantasy. You must be very creative and imaginative. I think authors are amazing because they dedicate so much time and thought in writing books and they come out amazing. We all complain when we have to write a 3-5 page essay, yet authors write books that can come up to 400 pages! I don’t know about you but that’s pretty fantastic. I’m going to talk to you guys about a few authors; they aren't my favourites, but they’re the first that came to my mind.

J. R. R. Tolkien

The first author I’m going to talk about it J. R. R. Tolkien! His full name was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. He was an English writer, a poet, a philologist and a university professor ¹. Many of you may know him by his famous books: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Although I didn't like the books much, I’m hoping the movies will be better!

C. S. Lewis 

The second author I’m going to talk about is C. S. Lewis. His full name is Clive Staples Lewis. He was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and one of the most influential writers. He was a tutor in English literature at Oxford University ². He wrote many books, but one of my favourites is The Chronicles of Narnia. It sold over 100 million books ²!

Rick Riordan

Next author I’m going to talk about is Rick Riordan. For fifteen years, he taught English and history. In 2002, Saint Mary’s Hall honoured him with the school’s first Master Teach Award ³. While teaching full time, he began writing mystery novels for grownups. He then turned to children’s fiction ³. One of his book series that I’d like to read is the Percy Jackson series. They seem very interesting!

Stephenie Meyer

The final author I’m going to write about is Stephenie Meyer. Yes, she is the one that wrote the Twilight series. I have to admit, I loved them when they first came out! She graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in English ⁴. She got inspired to write the Twilight Saga from a dream she had. She said that the characters seemed so real and she couldn't get them out of her head ⁴. She started writing down the plot and finally made the first book of the series: Twilight!

These are a few authors that have written fantasy books! There are many more authors that wrote fantasy and that have amazing books. Hope you learned something new today, because I know I did!

1- http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/656983.J_R_R_Tolkien

2- https://www.cslewis.com/us/about-cs-lewis

3- http://www.rickriordan.com/home.aspx

4- http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/bio.html