Tony Tyler

{{Short description|British writer (1943–2006)}}

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James Edward Anthony Tyler (31 October 1943 in Bristol – 28 October 2006 in Hastings, East Sussex) was a British writer who authored several books and wrote for the magazines NME, Macworld, MacUser, PC Pro and Computer Shopper.{{cite news |last=Murray |first=Charles Shaar |author-link=Charles Shaar Murray |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/01/guardianobituaries.pressandpublishing |title=Tony Tyler NME talent spotter, Tolkien expert and computer pundit |newspaper=The Guardian |date=1 November 2006}}

He joined the NME in 1972, recruited by editor Alan Smith."[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/tony-tyler-422306.html Obituary: Tony Tyler]". The Independent, 31 October 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2021

He was an early expert on the Middle-earth fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, publishing The Tolkien Companion in 1976. It was a concordance describing all the characters, objects, and places named in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (The Silmarillion was published the following year). A revised edition was still in print in 2022 as The Complete Tolkien Companion.{{cite book |last=Tyler |first=J. E. A. |title=The Complete Tolkien Companion |publisher=Pan Books |year=2022 |orig-year=1976 |isbn=978-1-0350-0857-5}}