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Simon Tolkien

British writer, grandson of J. R. R. Tolkien · United Kingdom · Writers · Born 1959 · age 67

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Simon Mario Reuel Tolkien is a British novelist and former barrister. He is the grandson of J. R. R. Tolkien, and the eldest child of Christopher Tolkien.

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I was an only child and grew up in a cottage in the Oxfordshire countryside. I was thrown very much on my own resources which consisted of books, books and more books.
Dec 6, 2010, Interview with Simon Tolkien (December 6, 2010), Own words
It’s weird looking back that I was so certain I couldn’t write. Not fiction.
May 23, 2010, The Sunday Conversation: Simon Tolkien (May 23, 2010), Own words

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