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Richard Purtill

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Richard Purtill

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Full Name: Richard Purtill
Born: March 13, 1931
Chicago, Illinois
Occupation: Educator, author
Nationality: American
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Biography

Richard Purtill is the Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, as well as an author of fantasy and science fiction, critical non-fiction on the same genres, and various works on religion and philosophy. He is best known for his novels of the "Kaphtu" universe. He has written as both Richard Purtill and Richard L. Purtill, a variant form of his name. He is active in professional writing circles, being a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the Authors Guild, and the National Writers Union.

His book J. R. R.Tolkien: Myth, Morality and Religion won the 1987 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies.


Works in the WWEnd Database

 Non Series Works

 (1974)