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'''Douglas Allen Anderson''' (born [[1959]]) is an American independent scholar who has authored and edited various books relating to the works of Tolkien.
 
'''Douglas Allen Anderson''' (born [[30 December]] [[1959]] in Valparaiso, Indiana<ref>[https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?11127 Summary Bibliography: Douglas A. Anderson] at the [https://www.isfdb.org/ Internet Speculative Fiction Database](accessed 22 March 2023)</ref>) is an American independent scholar who has authored and edited various books relating to the works of Tolkien.
 
Anderson assisted [[Humphrey Carpenter]] during the process of editing [[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]].<ref name=interview> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZZg-n3ARPI&lc=UgxzxlNJo3dqpq1uHVV4AaABAg&ab_channel=TolkienTalk| Interview with Douglas A. Anderson] on [https://www.youtube.com/ Youtube](accessed 21 March 2023)</ref> In [[1988]], he edited ''[[The Annotated Hobbit]]'', which won the [[Mythopoeic Society| Mythopeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies]] in [[1990]].<ref>[https://www.mythsoc.org/awards/awards-winners.htm Complete list of Mythopoeic Awards winners] on https://www.mythsoc.org/ (accessed 21 March 2023)</ref> A revised and expanded edition was published in [[2002]]. He is currently working on a third edition.<ref name=interview /> With [[Michael D.C. Drout]] and [[Verlyn Flieger]], Anderson was co-editor for volumes one through eight of ''[[Tolkien Studies (journal)|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review]]''. He is a member of the Board of Academic Advisors for [[Walking Tree Publishers]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.walking-tree.org/board_of_advisors.php|articlename=Walking Tree Publishers Board of Advisors|dated=|website=[http://www.walking-tree.org/ Walking Tree Publihers]|accessed=21 January 2012}}</ref> Anderson is also a guest lecturer at [[Signum University]].<ref> [https://signumuniversity.org/people/douglas-anderson/ Douglas A. Anderson] at https://signumuniversity.org (accessed 21 March 2023)</ref>


==Bibliography, selected==
==Bibliography, selected==
===Books===
===Books===
*[[1988]]: ''[[The Annotated Hobbit]]''
*[[1988]]: ''[[The Annotated Hobbit]]''
*[[1993]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography]]'' (with [[Wayne G. Hammond]])  
*[[1993]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography]]'' (with [[Wayne G. Hammond]])  
*[[2002]]: ''[[The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition]]''
*[[2002]]: ''[[The Annotated Hobbit]]: Revised and Expanded Edition''
*[[2003]]: ''[[Tales Before Tolkien]]: The Roots of Modern Fantasy''
*[[2003]]: ''[[Tales Before Tolkien]]: The Roots of Modern Fantasy''
*[[2005]]: ''[[Seekers of Dreams]]: Masterpieces of Fantasy''
*[[2005]]: ''[[Seekers of Dreams]]: Masterpieces of Fantasy''
*[[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien On Fairy-stories]]'' (with [[Verlyn Flieger]])
*[[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien On Fairy-stories]]'' (with [[Verlyn Flieger]])
*201?: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Interviews, Reminiscences, and Other Essays]]'' (forthcoming)
*[[2008]]: ''[[Tales Before Narnia|Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction]]''


===Journals, editor===
===Journals, editor===
*[[2004]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 1|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 1]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2004]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 1|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 1]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2005]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 2|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 2]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2005]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 2|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 2]]'' (co-editor)
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*[[2008]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 5|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 5]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2008]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 5|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 5]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2009]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 6|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 6]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2009]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 6|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 6]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2010]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 7|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 6]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2010]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 7|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 7]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2011]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 8|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 8]]'' (co-editor)


===Articles and contributions===
===Articles and contributions===
*[[1981]]: [[Mallorn 16|''Mallorn'' 16]]
** "A Look at the Marquette Archives"
** "''The Marring of the Moon''"
*[[1987]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' ([[Houghton Mifflin]])
*[[1987]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' ([[Houghton Mifflin]])
**"Note on the Text"
**"Note on the Text"
*1994[?]: ''[[The Hobbit]]''
*1994[?]: ''[[The Hobbit]]''
**"Note on the Text"
**"Note on the Text"
*[[1996]]: ''[[The Marvelous Land of Snergs]]''
*[[1996]]: ''[[The Marvellous Land of Snergs]]''
**"Introduction"
**"Introduction"
*[[2001]]: ''[[Meditations on Middle-earth]]''
*[[2001]]: ''[[Meditations on Middle-earth]]''
**"Tolkien After All These Years"
**"Tolkien After All These Years"
*[[2004]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 1|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 1]]''
*[[2002]]: ''[[Tolkien the Medievalist]]''
**"'An Industrious Little Devil': E.V. Gordon as Friend and Collaborator with Tolkien'
*[[2004]]: [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 1|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 1]]
**"J.R.R. Tolkien, A Checklist" (with [[Tom Shippey]])
**"J.R.R. Tolkien, A Checklist" (with [[Tom Shippey]])
*[[2005]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 2|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 2]]''
*[[2005]]: [[Tolkien Studies: Volume 2|''Tolkien Studies'': Volume 2]]
**"J.R.R. Tolkien and W. Rhys Roberts's 'Gerald of Wales on the Survival of Welsh'"
**"J.R.R. Tolkien and W. Rhys Roberts's 'Gerald of Wales on the Survival of Welsh'"
*[[2013]]: [[Mythlore 123|''Mythlore'' 123]]
**"Fairy Elements in British Literary Writings in the Decade Following the Cottingley Fairy Photographs Episode"
==Awards==
* [[1988]]: '''[[Mythopoeic Society| Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies]]''', ''[[The Annotated Hobbit]]''


==External links==
==External links==
*{{WP|Douglas A. Anderson}}
* [http://tolkienandfantasy.blogspot.com/ Douglas A. Anderson's blog on "Tolkien and Fantasy"]
*[http://www.tc.umn.edu/~d-lena/DouglasAAndersonPage.html A Douglas A. Anderson Page]
* {{WP|Douglas A. Anderson}}
===Interviews===
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZZg-n3ARPI&lc=UgxzxlNJo3dqpq1uHVV4AaABAg&ab_channel=TolkienTalk| Interview with Douglas A. Anderson] (with [[TolkienTalk]])
* [https://www.longwinded.one/episode-135-the-roots-of-douglas-a-anderson/ The Roots of Douglas A. Anderson] (Episode 135 of the ''Longwinded One'' podcast)
 
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Douglas A. Anderson
Biographical information
Born1959
OccupationAuthor
LocationMichigan, USA

Douglas Allen Anderson (born 30 December 1959 in Valparaiso, Indiana[1]) is an American independent scholar who has authored and edited various books relating to the works of Tolkien.

Anderson assisted Humphrey Carpenter during the process of editing The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.[2] In 1988, he edited The Annotated Hobbit, which won the Mythopeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies in 1990.[3] A revised and expanded edition was published in 2002. He is currently working on a third edition.[2] With Michael D.C. Drout and Verlyn Flieger, Anderson was co-editor for volumes one through eight of Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review. He is a member of the Board of Academic Advisors for Walking Tree Publishers.[4] Anderson is also a guest lecturer at Signum University.[5]

Bibliography, selected[edit | edit source]

Books[edit | edit source]

Journals, editor[edit | edit source]

Articles and contributions[edit | edit source]

Awards[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

Interviews[edit | edit source]

References

  1. ↑ Summary Bibliography: Douglas A. Anderson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database(accessed 22 March 2023)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Interview with Douglas A. Anderson on Youtube(accessed 21 March 2023)
  3. ↑ Complete list of Mythopoeic Awards winners on https://www.mythsoc.org/ (accessed 21 March 2023)
  4. ↑ "Walking Tree Publishers Board of Advisors", Walking Tree Publihers (accessed 21 January 2012)
  5. ↑ Douglas A. Anderson at https://signumuniversity.org (accessed 21 March 2023)
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