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  <name><![CDATA[David Day]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[David Day is a Canadian author most notable for his biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien and his works.

After finishing school in Victoria, British Columbia, Day worked as a logger for five years on Vancouver Island. After that he travelled to Europe, most notably to Greece where he wrote a first book of poems called The Cowichan. He has also lived in London.

Day's main focus has been the life and work of Tolkien. His books on this subject include The Tolkien Bestiary (1978), The Tolkien Companion (1993), Tolkien's Ring (1994), The Hobbit Companion (2000), Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia (2000) and The World of Tolkien (2003). However, many Tolkien scholars object to the inaccuracy of Day's works, which contain much incorrect information and assumptions regarding things Tolkien never fleshed out.[citation needed]

Day has also written several children's books and nonfiction works about ecology, extinct and endangered species. In The Doomsday Book of Animals (1981) Day described several hundred extinct species; many of them were illustrated in color for the first time. This book became the basis for the 100 part animated-short tv-series &quot;Lost Animals&quot; in 1995/1996. His book Eco Wars (1989) is about animal activists such as Dian Fossey and Chico Mendes, who lost their lives in the fight to preserve the environment. His book The Whale War became the basis for a BBC documentary.
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  <title><![CDATA[Tolkien Bestiary]]></title>
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  <published>1990</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia]]></title>
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  <published>1991</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Search For King Arthur]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Characters of Tolkien]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Conquest: How Societies Overwhelm Others]]></title>
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