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We all know who created The Chronicles of Narnia: C. S. Lewis (1898-1963). The latest from Tumnus’s Bookshelf (NarniaFans.com) is a review of Jack’s Life: The Life Story of C. S. Lewis (2005), written by his stepson and co-producer of the Narnia films Douglas Gresham.
Summary: From his boyhood in Northern Ireland, to his service during World War I, to his conversion to Christianity to his romance with Joy, Jack’s Life is a vivid and heartfelt telling of the life of C. S. Lewis by one man who knew him best: his step-son Douglas Gresham.
Click here to read the review.
There’s another recent Narnia biography, this time of Roger Hane (1939-1974). He illustrated the covers of the 1970 Collier-Macmillan edition of the Chronicles of Narnia. Click here to see Hane’s cover of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. This edition is the only one I own! According to BigNews.biz, R. C. Hunsicker’s Roger Hane: Art, Times and Tragedy (2009) “is reminding people, not just of the artist’s demise but more importantly, of his brilliant work, which inspired a generation in the ‘60s and ‘70s.”
From Vanguard Productions:
Near-300 pages of art and biography on the star illustrator of The Chronicles of Narnia, Clapton’s Goodbye Cream album, Carlos Castaneda’s Separate Reality, and more. Roger Hane revived American illustration toward the fantastic and surreal. Two weeks after being named Artist of the Year, Hane was senselessly murdered. At the time his art graced the covers of New York and Fortune magazines. To graduates at Philadelphia College of Art, foremost American designer Milton Glaser, who provides the forward for this tome, said Hane was the best illustrator in America. In this impressive compendium, award-winning visual arts and media producer and friend of Roger Hane, Robert C. Hunsicker, expands upon the great illustrator’s career and tragic demise.