Joseph Pearce, Director of the Center for Faith and Culture at Aquinas College, delivers his "Unlocking the Lord of the Rings" talk at the Tolkien and Lewis Celebration.

Joseph Pearce, a native of England, is Writer-in-Residence and Director of the Aquinas Center for Faith and Culture at Aquinas College. He is editor of The Saint Austin Review, series editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions, executive director of Catholic Courses, and an internationally acclaimed author of many books, which include bestsellers such as The Quest for Shakespeare, Tolkien: Man and Myth, The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde, C. S. Lewis and The Catholic Church, Literary Converts, Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton, Solzhenitsyn: A Soul in Exile, and Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc.