Bestselling author and acclaimed literary biographer Joseph Pearce is one of the world’s leading experts on the lives and works of J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Oscar Wilde. A Catholic convert, Pearce is the author of more than 30 books, including The Quest for Shakespeare and Tolkien: Man and Myth. Several of Pearce’s books will be available during a book signing following the discussion.