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Amy H. Sturgis (born 1971) is an American author, speaker and scholar of science fiction and fantasy studies and Native American studies. She earned her Ph.D. in intellectual history from Vanderbilt University, served on the advisory board of Mythopoeic Press, and contributed to the Hugo Award-winning StarShipSofa podcast and the Liberty and Power group weblog. She served as adjunct instructor at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina, before becoming a professor at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Sturgis is author of four books on U.S. presidential history and Native American studies (Presidents from Washington through Monroe, Presidents from Hayes through McKinley, The Trail of Tears and Indian Removal and Tecumseh: A Biography), five edited works on science fiction and fantasy (The Intersection of Fantasy and Native America: From H.P. Lovecraft to Leslie Marmon Silko, The Magic Ring, Past Watchful Dragons: Fantasy and Faith in the World of C.S. Lewis, The Magic Goblet, and The Magic Ring: Deluxe Illustrated Edition), and other scholarly and mainstream book chapters, articles and presentations. In 2006, she was awarded the Imperishable Flame Award for Achievement in Tolkien/Inklings Scholarship.

She contributes regular "Looking Back on Genre History" features to and narrates contemporary science fiction stories for the UK-based podcast StarShipSofa. In both 2009 and 2011, she received the Sofanaut Award in Podcasting for Best Fact Article Contributor. In 2010, it became the first podcast to win a Hugo Award.

In 2012, Sturgis was featured in a series of documentary short films produced by Ozymandius Media for the Institute for Humane Studies.

She has been interviewed on science fiction and fantasy topics by organizations including NPR.

References

1. Dayberry, John (August 2, 2015). "Names & Faces". Hickory Daily Record.
2. ^ "Science Fiction Primer: Interview with Amy H. Sturgis". Journey to the Sea. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
3. Long, Michael E. (2005-11-01). "Review of Presidents from Hayes through McKinley, 1877–1901: Debating the Issues in Pro and Con Primary Documents". The History Teacher. 39 (1): 136. doi:10.2307/30036763. JSTOR 30036763.
4. Rateliff, John D. (2008-03-22). "Review of Past Watchful Dragons: Fantasy and Faith in the World of C. S. Lewis". Mythlore. 26 (3–4): 212–216.
5. Khovacs, Ivan P. (April 2012). "Review of Past Watchful Dragons: Fantasy and Faith in the World of C.S. Lewis". Journal of Inklings Studies. 2 (1): 99–104. doi:10.3366/ink.2012.2.1.7. ISSN 2045-8797.
6. "Amy H. Sturgis". Reason. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
7. "Amy Sturgis: Property Rights, American Indians and Reservation Socialism". Cato.org. September 30, 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
8. "Search Results for Amy Sturgis". StarShipSofa. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
9. "2010 Hugo Awards: Best Fanzine". The Hugo Awards. Retrieved 18 September 2023. Best Fanzine StarShipSofa edited by Tony C. Smith
10. "Untitled: [Films with Amy H. Sturgis]". Learn Liberty. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
11. "The End of 'Star Wars,' But Not Its Fans". NPR. May 19, 2005. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Personal blog
• Goodreads author page

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Poetry and songs	Songs for the Philologists (1936) "Bagme Bloma" The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son (1953) "A Walking Song" (1954) The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962) "Errantry" "Fastitocalon" "The Sea-Bell" "The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late" The Road Goes Ever On (1967) Bilbo's Last Song (1974) The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún (2009) The Fall of Arthur (2013) The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien (2024) List of Tolkien's alliterative verse
Fiction	The Hobbit (1937) "Leaf by Niggle" (1947) The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun (1945) Farmer Giles of Ham (1949) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) The Two Towers (1954) The Return of the King (1955) Tree and Leaf (1964) The Tolkien Reader (1966) Smith of Wootton Major (1967)
Posthumous fiction	The Father Christmas Letters (1976) The Silmarillion (1977) Unfinished Tales (1980) Mr. Bliss (1982) The History of Middle-earth (1983–1996) The Book of Lost Tales The Lays of Beleriand The Shaping of Middle-earth The Lost Road and Other Writings The History of The Lord of the Rings Morgoth's Ring The War of the Jewels The Peoples of Middle-earth Roverandom (1998) The Children of Húrin (2007) The History of The Hobbit (2007) The Story of Kullervo (2015) Beren and Lúthien (2017) The Fall of Gondolin (2018) The Nature of Middle-earth (2021) The Fall of Númenor (2022)
Academic works	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Middle English text, 1925) "The Devil's Coach Horses" (1925) "Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad" (1929) "Sigelwara Land" (1932–34) "Chaucer as a Philologist: The Reeve's Tale" (1934) "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics" (1936) "On Fairy-Stories" (1939) Eucatastrophe "On Translating Beowulf" (1940) Sir Orfeo (1944) Ancrene Wisse (1962) "English and Welsh" (1963) Jerusalem Bible (as translator and lexicographer, 1966)
Posthumous academic	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo (translations, 1975) Exodus (1981) Finn and Hengest (1982) The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays (1983) Beowulf and the Critics (2002) Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary with "Sellic Spell" (2014) A Secret Vice (2016)
Scholars	Biographers Humphrey Carpenter J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography (1977, authorized biography) John Garth Tolkien and the Great War The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien Catherine McIlwaine Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth Charles Moseley Christian Stratford Caldecott Matthew T. Dickerson Colin Duriez Peter Kreeft Holly Ordway Joseph Pearce Fleming Rutledge Ralph C. Wood Literary critics Douglas A. Anderson Nicholas Birns Bradley J. Birzer Janice Bogstad & Philip Kaveny Picturing Tolkien David Bratman Janet Brennan Croft Tolkien on Film Patrick Curry Bradford Lee Eden Dimitra Fimi Tolkien, Race and Cultural History Jason Fisher Verlyn Flieger Interrupted Music A Question of Time Splintered Light Michael Foster Nick Groom Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull J. R. R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide Randel Helms Thomas Honegger Charles A. Huttar Paul H. Kocher Master of Middle-Earth Stuart D. Lee The Keys of Middle-earth Jared Lobdell A Tolkien Compass John D. Rateliff Robin Anne Reid Brian Rosebury Tolkien: A Cultural Phenomenon Amy H. Sturgis Anna Vaninskaya Richard C. West Elizabeth Whittingham Rose Zimbardo Understanding The Lord of the Rings Linguists Anthony Appleyard Helge Fauskanger Carl F. Hostetter Tom Loback David Salo Arden R. Smith Allan Turner Medievalists, Classicists Marjorie Burns Perilous Realms Jane Chance Tolkien and the Invention of Myth Tolkien's Art: 'A Mythology for England' Michael D. C. Drout J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia Jonathan Evans Vincent Ferré Gergely Nagy Tom Shippey J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century The Road to Middle-Earth Elizabeth Solopova Sandra Ballif Straubhaar Hamish Williams Tolkien and the Classical World Popular Lin Carter Robert Foster Glen GoodKnight Michael Martinez Charles Noad J. E. A. Tyler
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