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Illwynd
Illwynd is very strange, makes bad puns, and always gets confused over whether
she lives in California or Gondor. She also enjoys writing about herself in the
third person for "About the Author" blurbs.
Kasiopea
My full name is Catherine Karina Chmiel. I live in the old part of Warsaw, in my
apartment among the trees. I work as a freelance illustrator, sometimes I also
teach history of art and drawing. I have a university degree in philosophy, and
zoology is my second hobby. I am especially interested in horses, rabbits and
small birds.
My friends often call me "Kas" (short version of Kasiopea) or "Rabbit". I am an
active member of Aiglos editors' team. It is a Polish magazine, a Tolkienist
almanac, our pride. I am a member of Forum Tolkienowskie, the best Polish forum
ever, and I also sing in the Dziura Maglora ensemble (the name of the band could
be translated as Maglor's Hole). I am very interested in fanfiction and I write
stories myself. My longest story is entitled Son of Gondor and it is about Boromir,
of course. I have also written a series of stories about sons of Feanor, one of those
fanfics was translated and published in the Special English edition of Aiglos.
Khorazîr
An illustrator, graphic designer and art teacher by profession, Khorazîr
discovered the world of JRR Tolkien in the early 1990ies, and ever since has
dedicated most of her creative energy to the depiction of scenes and characters
from the books – with a noticeable focus on her favourite character Faramir. In
her illustrations, she attempts to keep as faithful to the written word as possible,
and to visualise Middle-earth in a realistic while still painterly manner. She also
writes bookverse fanfiction from time to time (not being a great friend of PJ’s take
on LotR), mostly featuring Denethor’s younger son. Both her artwork and her
writing can be found at her website at www.anke.edoras-art.de
Lilan
I am a teacher of English from Ukraine. I haven’t been fascinated with The Lord of
the Rings for that long (only about three years, and before that was convinced it
was not my kind of reading at all). But my devotion is true! In particular where it
concerns the Stewards of Gondor. In fact, it is Faramir who holds my heart in his
keeping, but the rest of his family are not bad either!
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