John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, better known as J.R.R Tolkien, was born on January 3rd, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. While his memories of Africa were few, they were vivid. He got lots of his inspiration by a tarantula that bit him when he was just starting to walk. And you can tell because in all of his books a spider was playing a villain role. After his father died in 1896, he, his mother and younger brother moved back to the West Midlands of England. There he became a Writer, Poet, and a Philologist.

Tolkien started his writing career through his love of language and mythology. The first book Tolkien wrote was the hobbit on september 21, 1937. The book was directed more at children, however it was extremely popular among adults