If you love maps in novels like I do, you’ll be excited to...

If you love maps in novels like I do, you’ll be excited to know that Houghton Mifflin released a new book called The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, which brings together more than 180 drawings, inscriptions, maps, and plans–all drawn by Tolkien as part of his world-building. A newly-discovered map annotated by Tolkien was found in a copy of The Lord of the Rings that originally belonged to Pauline Baynes (the artist who illustrated the novels in print). And if you’ve read Firefly: Ice Born - Book One, you’ll know there are two maps *drawn* by the main female, Emeranne Goode. Tolkien inspired me to include maps, and more to come in Butterfly: Ice Born - Book Two, expected in 2016!!