Lori Campbell-Tanner is a teaching professor at the University of Pittsburgh. She has published numerous articles and book introductions on authors like Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, J.M. Barrie and Edith Wharton. Her books include A Quest of Her Own: Essays on the Female Hero, and Portals of Power: Magical Agency and Transformation in Literary Fantasy. Created and developed at Flame Tree Publishing, independent publisher and creator of fine books, journals, notebooks and art calendars, with a focus on myths, gothic fantasy and great works.