Brian Sibley

Brian Sibley (born 14 July 1949) is an English author, broadcaster and screenwriter. He is author of over 100 hours of radio drama and has written and presented hundreds of radio documentaries, features and weekly programmes.

Born in London, he grew up and was educated in Chislehurst, Kent.

In 1981, he co-wrote BBC Radio 4's adaptation of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings with Michael Bakewell. Sibley subsequently wrote The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy and other books accompanying The Lord of the Rings trilogy, including a biography of Jackson. He reprised this role a decade later by writing three companion books for The Hobbit trilogy.

He is also the author of a series of map books starting with The Map of Tolkien's Middle-earth, as well as the editor of book The Fall of Númenor.