Jim Ware is a longtime book enthusiast who grew up savoring childhood classics like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. He is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles (BA in classics–Latin and Greek language and literature) and Fuller Theological Seminary (MA in biblical studies with special emphasis on Semitic languages). Ware is also the author of several children’s novels and coauthor of Finding God in the Lord of the Rings. He is a Celtic musician, a storyteller, and an amateur folklorist. A native of Southern California, he now lives in Colorado with his wife and six children.