About the Author

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      The author of The Hobbit is J.R.R. Tolkien.  He lived from January 3, 1892 to September 2, 1973.  He has written 43 major books including The Story of Kullervo, The Fall of Arthur, and Roverandom.  I think he wrote this book to make sense of what was going to happen in the Lord of The Rings.  I think that because this book is a prelude to the Lord of The Rings so it introduce the Lord of The Rings.  He also probably just wanted to start a series since this is the first book.  He also probably wanted people to have a good book to read.

       Before all of this, Tolkien had moved houses and cities quite a bit.  He was born in Africa then moved back to England but still moved around England.  Tolkien's family generally lived on the upper side of poverty.  That worsened when his mother got diabetes which ended up killing her on November 14, 1904.  After that Tolkien's aunt came and took care of them.  Tolkien started learning new languages and making new ones too.  Tolkien found Edith and they were friends until her dad him not able to see her again.  After that he eventually made it into college.  His childhood wasn't great but it eventually got better for the rest of his life.