British literary critic, scholar and author, known for his classic fantasy stories for children, The Chronicles of Narnia (1950-1956), which shows the influence of J.R.R. Tolkien. During his literary career Lewis was also one of the most popular spokesmen for Christianity in the English-speaking world.

C.S. Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland, as the son of A.J. Lewis, a solicitor, and Flora Augusta (Hamilton). His mother died when he was nine years old - Lewis had been very close to his mother and her death caused him acute anguish. After attending schools in Hertfordshire, Northern Ireland and Malvern, he was educated at home from 1914-17. From 1917 to 1919 Lewis served in the Somerset Light Infantry. In the course of his service he was accidentally wounded in the back. During his convalescence he met Mrs. Janie Moore, a much older woman. She was the mother of Edward Moore, with whom Lewis had shared rooms just a few weeks at Keble in the summer of 1917. Lewis lived with her until her death in 1951.

CS Lewis :
Author of the following works, books, stories and novels : All my Road Before Me, Boxen, Christian Reflections, God in the Dock, The Discarded Image, The Dark Tower and Other Stories, Spenser's Images of Life, Shall We Lose God in Outer Space, Mere Christianity, The Pilgrims Regress plus many other CS Lewis novels, stories and bestseller.

Further reading: C.S. Lewis: A Biography, by Roger Lancelyn Green and Walter Hooper (1974); The Inklings, by Humphrey Carpenter (1978); Shadowlands: The Story of C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman, by Brian Sibley (1985); C.S. Lewis and the Search for Rational Religion by J. Beverluis (1985); Clive Staples Lewis by W. Griffin (1986); C.S. Lewis: A Biography, by A.N. Wilson (1990); The Fiction of C.S. Lewis by K. Filmer (1993); The Chronicle of Narnia by C.N. Manlove (1993); The Man Who Created Narnia by M. Coren (1996); C.S. Lewis: Christian and Storyteller by B. Gromley (1998) - See other fantasy worlds: Tove Jansson (The Moomintrolls), J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth.