Jason Fisher


Jason Fisher is a Tolkien scholar and winner of multiple Mythopoeic Scholarship Awards, including one in 2014 for his book Tolkien and the Study of His Sources: Critical Essays. He served as the editor of the Mythopoeic Society's monthly Mythprint from 2010 to 2013. He is the author of many book chapters, academic articles, and encyclopedia entries on J. R. R. Tolkien.

Biography

Jason Aldrich Fisher was born in 1970. He lives in Dallas, Texas. He is a software developer. He has worked since 2002 as an independent scholar specialising in the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, his literary circle the Inklings, and fantasy more widely.
Fisher has contributed to the J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia, to the Tolkien Studies journal, to the Literary Encyclopedia, and to the Inklings journal Mythlore, among other journals and websites, as well as chapters of Tolkien criticism.
He has been interviewed on PBS about Tolkien's 1937 book The Hobbit.

Reception

Works

Books

  • 2011 Tolkien and the Study of His Sources: Critical Essays, McFarland & Company.
  • 2012 C.S. Lewis and the Inklings: Discovering Hidden Truth, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • 2015 C.S. Lewis and the Inklings: Reflections on Faith, Imagination, and Modern Technology, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

    Awards and distinctions

  • 2010 Best Scholar Paper, 13th Annual C.S. Lewis and Inklings Conference
  • 2011 Best Scholar Paper, 14th Annual C.S. Lewis and Inklings Conference
  • 2012 Best Scholar Paper, 15th Annual C.S. Lewis and Inklings Conference
  • 2013 Best Scholar Paper, 16th Annual C.S. Lewis and Inklings Conference
  • 2014 Best Scholar Paper, 17th Annual C.S. Lewis and Inklings Conference
  • 2014 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award