Brian Sibley is a British writer. Born in London on 14 July 1949, 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, and has also adapted C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia and Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan and Gormenghast for Radio 4 for which he received a Sony Radio Award in 1985. He is author of over 100 hours of radio drama and has written and presented hundreds of radio documentaries, features and weekly programmes.

Other major radio dramatisations by Sibley include: John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress"; Tolkien's "Tales of the Perilous Realm"; Roald Dahl's "Danny, Champion of the World"; Lucy M. Boston's "The Children of Green Knowe" and two seasons of "Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre".

His books include "The Disney Studio Story" and "Mickey Mouse: His Life and Times", written with Richard Holliss; "The Land of Narnia"; "The Treasury of Narnia", with Alison Sage; "Shadowlands: The True Story of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman"; "The Book of Guinness Advertising"; a biography of Wilbert Vere Awdry, entitled The Thomas the Tank Engine Man; "A Christmas Carol: The Unsung Story"; "Cracking Animation: The Aardman book of 3-D Film-making", with Peter Lord;"Chicken Run: Hatching the Movie"; "Three Cheers for Pooh"; and "The Maps of Tolkien's Middle Earth"

He is also the author of the children's book, "The Frightful Food Feud", and has edited, among other books, "The Pooh Sketchbook" and "The Pooh Book of Quotations" and "The Wisdom of C. S. Lewis". With artist John Howe, he produced

Most recently he has written "The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy" and other books accompanying Peter Jackson's film versions of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and is currently researching an official biography of Jackson.

External link

http://www.briansibley.com