Andrew Higgins

Andrew Higgins
Biographical Information
Occupation	Director of Development for Glyndebourne Opera
Website	Wotan's Elvish Musings

Andrew Higgins is a Tolkien scholar. His PhD thesis, entitled 'The Genesis of Tolkien's Mythology', was supervised by Dr. Dimitra Fimi. He also teaches courses on Language Inventions and Tolkien, through Signum University/Mythgard Institute.

Bibliography

Books

• 2016: A Secret Vice (co-editor with Dimitra Fimi)

Articles

• 2017: Death and Immortality in Middle-earth
  • "'Gifts in harmony?': a philological exploration of Tolkien's invented words for 'life' and 'death'"
• 2019: Sub-creating Arda
  • "More than Narrative: The Role of Paratexts in the World-building of Austin Tappan Wright, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Ursula K. Le Guin"
• 2020: Mallorn 60:
  • "Tolkien on Holiday"

Reviews

• 2014: Journal of Tolkien Research ( Vol. 1, Iss. 1)
  • Review of Tolkien's Poetry
• 2014: Mythlore 125
  • Review of In the Nameless Wood: Explorations in the Philological Hinterland of Tolkien's Literary Creations
• 2015: Journal of Tolkien Research ( Vol. 2, Iss. 1)
  • Review of A Companion to J.R.R. Tolkien
• 2016: Journal of Tolkien Research ( Vol. 3, Iss. 2)
  • Review of Parma Eldalamberon XXII

Interviews

• April 2016: Tolkiendil
  • Interview of Dimitra Fimi and Andrew Higgins
• January 2020: The Tolkien Experience Podcast
  • Episode 3

Awards

• 2017:Tolkien Society Award: Best Book, A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages (co-editor with Dimitra Fimi)

External links

• Dr. Wotan's Musings, his blog (-2024)
• Dr. Andrew Higgins Elvish Musings, his blog (2025-)