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'''Vera Chapman''' (1898- | '''Vera Ivy May Chapman (née Fogerty)''' ([[May 8]], [[1898]]- [[May]], [[1996]], aged 98) was the founder of [[The Tolkien Society]], known by her pseudinym "Belladonna Took". She is also the author of various pseudo-historical and Arthurian books. | ||
She was born in | She was born in [[Bournemouth]] and lived in [[South Africa]], until she went to [[Oxford]]. She studied at Lady Margaret Hall, [[University of Oxford]]. She founded the first Tolkien Society of which she was secretary, and persuaded [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to become the society's honorary president. She wrote her first novel in [[1975]] and continued writing until her death in [[1996]]. | ||
== External Links== | == External Links== | ||
* [http://www.tolkiensociety.org/ts_info/folk/vera-chapman.html Tolkien Society] | * [http://www.tolkiensociety.org/ts_info/folk/vera-chapman.html Tolkien Society] | ||
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/vera-chapman/ Fantastic Fiction] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Chapman Wikipedia profile] | ||
* [http://www.pollingerltd.com/estates/vera_chapman.htm Literary agent] | |||
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/vera-chapman/ List of works at Fantastic Fiction] | |||
[[Category:Authors]] | [[Category:Authors]] | ||
[[Category:Tolkien Society members]] | [[Category:Tolkien Society members]] | ||
Revision as of 07:39, 9 May 2008
Vera Ivy May Chapman (née Fogerty) (May 8, 1898- May, 1996, aged 98) was the founder of The Tolkien Society, known by her pseudinym "Belladonna Took". She is also the author of various pseudo-historical and Arthurian books.
She was born in Bournemouth and lived in South Africa, until she went to Oxford. She studied at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. She founded the first Tolkien Society of which she was secretary, and persuaded J.R.R. Tolkien to become the society's honorary president. She wrote her first novel in 1975 and continued writing until her death in 1996.
