Dead Authors - JRR Tolkien and Georges Simenon

Welcome to the dead authors society. We will be highlighting a few well known and not so well known authors who have died during a specific month. We will, where possible, provide names of other authors, living or dead, who write in a similar style, providing you with possible new options to try out.

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE (Born: 03-01-1892 Died: 02-09-1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.

If you like books by JRR Tolkien have you tried titles by Terry Brooks, CS Lewis, Robert Jordan, RA Salvatore or Katharine Kerr?

Please check the library catalogue for more items by this author.

Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (Born: 13-02-1903 Died: 04-09-1989) was a Belgian crime writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known for the creation of the fictional Paris police detective Maigret. Over 500 million copies of Simenon's books have been printed and translated into 50 languages.

If you like books by Georges Simenon have you tried titles by John Brady, H R F Keating, Rex Stout, Mark Hebden, J Robert Janes or Magdalen Nabb?

Please check the library catalogue for more items by this author.