Maggie Burns

Maggie Burns (1954–2012) was a British writer and librarian (at the Local Studies and History department of the Central Library in Birmingham, England). Her main interest in Tolkien studies was on the young Tolkien's life in Birmingham, with a special focus on Tolkien's time at King Edward's School and the history of the Tolkien and Suffield families. Burns was working on a book about the Tolkien and Suffield families at the time of her death.

Bibliography, selected

Articles

• 2006: Amon Hen 201
  • "They slept in beauty"
• 2007: Amon Hen 203
  • "Report: Frankfurt - there and back again"
• 2008: Mallorn 45
  • "John Ronald's Schooldays"
• 2008: Mallorn 46
  • "The Battle of the Eastern Field" (commentary)
• 2009: Amon Hen 216
  • "Prosperous bourgeoisie of Birmingham"
• 2009: Amon Hen 219
  • "Shire Education"
• 2009: Mallorn 48
  • "The desire of a tale-teller"
• 2010: Mallorn 49
  • "'An unlettered peasant boy' of 'sordid character' - Shakespeare, Suffield and Tolkien"
• 2010: Mallorn 50
  • "'... A local habitation and a name'"