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J. P. Reedman

Author of historical fiction, Wars of the Roses/Richard III, medieval noblewomen, Robin Hood, Stonehenge, myths and legends, and fantasy

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  1. Issue · Aug 12, 2026

    A LIFETIME OF BOOKS PART 4 (opens the original)

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    Once I had decided, age 11, that I wanted to write fantasy, I knew it was not enough just to read other fantasy books. I had to learn fantasy’s roots in folklore and myth. The first book that really helped was Lin Carter’s Tolkien: A LOOK BEHIND THE LORD OF THE RINGS. I had already heard that the dwarves had Norse names already but Carter went further than that in recording whole lists of books that may have had an influence of Tolkien’s writing. Sometimes Carter got it wrong, such as implying J

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