Chris Smith is the author of the New York Times-bestselling The Lord of the Rings: Weapons & Warfare.He was born and raised in Kent. After a wide variety of jobs around the world, he returned to his first love of books. A successful career in bookselling led to him being recruited as the Editor of the Tolkien list of titles, a position he has held now for more than a quarter of a century.Chris Smith now lives in Dorset, with his wife and their two cats.

'Tolkien was a storyteller of genius' Literary Review

Chris Smith is the author of the New York Times-bestselling The Lord of the Rings: Weapons & Warfare.He was born and raised in Kent. After a wide variety of jobs around the world, he returned to his first love of books. A successful career in bookselling led to him being recruited as the Editor of the Tolkien list of titles, a position he has held now for more than a quarter of a century.Chris Smith now lives in Dorset, with his wife and their two cats.

'Tolkien was a storyteller of genius' Literary Review

Chris Smith is the author of the New York Times-bestselling The Lord of the Rings: Weapons & Warfare.He was born and raised in Kent. After a wide variety of jobs around the world, he returned to his first love of books. A successful career in bookselling led to him being recruited as the Editor of the Tolkien list of titles, a position he has held now for more than a quarter of a century.Chris Smith now lives in Dorset, with his wife and their two cats.

'Tolkien was a storyteller of genius' Literary Review