 Jessica Burke
Co-Chair Heren Istarion, Editor-in-Chief Parma Nölé
Jessica Burke was born in 1974 in Brooklyn, New York. Ms. Burke has
her Bachelor's Degree in English Literature from Brooklyn College,
and is attending C.U.N.Y. for her Master's in English. Ms. Burke has
studied anthropology, folklore, Medieval Literature, Mysticism, 19th
Century literature and Judeo-Christain theology. She also has written
an undergraduate thesis on the nature of light and darkness in the
universe, which delved into the history and literary evolution of
the vampire, along with exploration of modern fantasy epics The
Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. Ms. Burke is an aspiring
author of medieval fantasy, much influenced by the works of J.R.R
Tolkien. Her first experience with his writing came after an excursion
to the N.Y. Public Library at the age of five, where she borrowed
a recording of Professor Tolkien reading the chapter "Riddles
in the Dark" from The Hobbit. Ms. Burke is now Co-Chair
of Heren Istarion.
Publications:
Co-author :Humiliated Heroes: Peter Jackson's Interpretation of the Lord of the Rings (Walking Tree Press 2004)
Contributor/Author: "How now, spirit! Wither wander you?" Diminution: The Shakespearean Misconception & the Tolkienian Ideal of Faerie Tolkien and Shakespeare (McFarland 2006)
Tolkien Advisor: The Siege of Gondor Games Workshop Strategy Battle Game Supplement (USA/UK 2004)
Tolkien Advisor: The Scouring of the Shire Games Workshop Strategy Battle Game Supplement (USA/UK 2004)
Contributor: The Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (Oxford University Press 2005)
Contributor: JRR Tolkien Encyclopedia (Routledge 2006)
Co-author:The Maker's Will...Fulfilled?" Tolkien and Modernity edited by Thomas Honneger and Frank Weinreich
A Walking Tree Press Publication (Summer 2006)
Contributor: Beyond Bree, MythPrint, Amon Hen and Parma Nole
Lectures
The Triple Spiral: The dynamic of Tolkien's Heroes and How Peter Jackson stripped them of their dignity Holy Family University, PA April 2005
How now, spirit! Wither wander you?"
Diminution: The Shakespearean Misconception & the Tolkienian Ideal of Faerie Tolkien 2006 University of Vermont (April 2006)
Citations:
Smial of the Year Oxonmoot 2002
Beyond Bree Award 2005 "In recognition of outstanding contribution to the study of JRR Tolkien, from the Readers of "Beyond Bree"
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