King Arthur Legendarium: Prose, Poetry, & Scholarship

Annie Nardone is an author, educator, and bibliophile who holds an M.A. in Cultural Apologetics from Houston Christian University and is a Fellow with C.S. Lewis Institute. Her writing can be found in the apologetics quarterly, An Unexpected Journal and at the online magazine, Cultivating. Annie collaborated on three books in 2022, published by Square Halo Books and Rabbit Room. She researched and wrote an historical cookbook for The Mystery of History-Volume II. She was on the Founder's Council for The Society for Women of Letters. Annie is writing a curriculum detailing the intersection of the arts and history and is a Master Teacher for HSLDA. Interests include medieval literature, poetry, collecting antiquarian books, and the writings of Lewis and Tolkien.

Donald T. Williams is Professor Emeritus of Toccoa Falls College and a past president of the International Society of Christian Apologetics. A border dweller, he stays permanently camped out on the borders between serious scholarship and pastoral ministry, theology and literature, Narnia and Middle-Earth. He is the author of fourteen books, including the forthcoming Answers from Aslan: The Winsome Apologetics of C. S. Lewis (Tampa: DeWard, 2023).

Stephen J Bedard is a pastor and practical theologian who has written in the area of Christian apologetics. Much of his apologetics focus has been in the area of the Jesus Myth Theory. He has a Doctor of Ministry degree from Acadia Divinity College which looked at disability theology. He lives in Nova Scotia with his family.

Donald W. Catchings, Jr. is co-founder of publishing company, Inkwell and Pen, LLC. Also, Donald holds a Master of Arts in Apologetics from Houston Baptist University. Donald regularly contributes to An Unexpected Journal and has numerous published works, including Joy Through a Wardrobe — a poetic companion to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Karise Gililland has a BA in English from Southern Methodist University and a Masters in Imaginative and Cultural Apologetics from Houston Baptist University. She consumes copious amounts of time (and coffee!) shuttling her teenagers to and fro, rescuing her cats from impending peril, and writing for An Unexpected Journal. She currently teaches the most amazing third graders at a classical Christian school in Fort Worth.

Malcolm Guite is a poet and priest, and Life Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge. He lectures widely in England and North America on Theology and Literature. His books include Sounding the Seasons; Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year (Canterbury 2012). The Singing Bowl; Collected Poems (Canterbury 2013) and Parable and Paradox (Canterbury Press 2016) and Mariner: A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Hodder 2017) After Prayer (Canterbury Press 2019) and The Word Within the Words (DLT 2021) and Lifting The Veil, Square Halo, 2021

Joshua S. Fullman is Professor of English and Director of the University Writing Center at California Baptist University. His debut collection of poems, Voices of Iona (2022), is currently available. Follow his essays and poetry at www.joshuasfullman.com.

Josh Herring is a Dean of Classical Education for Thales Academy Apex JH/HS, a PhD student at Faulkner University (Humanities, Literature concentration), and the host for The Optimistic Curmudgeon podcast. He tweets @theOptimisticC3. He and his wife Jennifer live in Wendell, NC.

Junius Johnson is an independent scholar, teacher, musician, and writer. He is the executive director of Junius Johnson Academics, through which he offers innovative classes for both children and adults that aim to marry the sense of wonder with intellectual rigor. An avid devotee of story, he is especially drawn to fantasy, science fiction, and young adult novels. He performs professionally on the French horn and electric bass. He holds a BA from Oral Roberts University (English Lit), an MAR from Yale Divinity School (Historical Theology), and an MA, two MPhils, and a PhD (Philosophical Theology) from Yale University. He is the author of 5 books, including The Father of Lights: A Theology of Beauty, and On Teaching Fairy Stories. An engaging speaker and teacher, he is a frequent guest contributor

Elizabeth Martin holds a B.A. in Communications from Santa Clara University, M.A. in 16th Century Italian Art from The Courtauld Institute of Art, and is pursuing the M.A. in Apologetics at Houston Christian University. Elizabeth lives in the Southeast United States with her family and mischievous puppy named Clive.

Roger Maxson served as a United States Marine under the White House Military Office. He earned an MAA through Houston Christian University, and enjoys reading, writing, reflecting on the great mysteries of life, and hiking.

Seth Myers completed his MA in Cultural Apologetics from Houston Baptist University in 2017. As a power systems engineer, he has been involved with transformer diagnostics and rural electrification projects by partnering with NGOs in West Africa. A volunteer with international students through local churches, he enjoys conversations with friends from all cultures. He considers himself rich in friendships across time and space, including but not limited to C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Bede the Venerable, Augustine, Ravi Zacharias & friends, and many student friends (chess-playing when possible, but not required) typically from throughout Asia. He has recently begun taking online courses in Faulkner University’s Doctor of Humanities program.

Camilo Peralta is an English instructor at Fort Hays State University and a former Wilbur Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal. He has been teaching ESL, composition, and literature for over a decade, and now lives in rural Kansas with his wife, Li, and Cho the Cat. His main research interests include science fiction / fantasy, religion, and traditional, or Burkean, conservatism. His work has appeared recently 

John Tuttle is an elementary school teacher at a private Catholic school in Illinois. His writing has been published by The Hill, Tablet Magazine, Inside History Magazine, The Christian Post, The Wanderer, University Bookman, The Archive, and Voyage Comics.

Justin Wiggins is an author who works and lives in the primitive, majestic, beautiful mountains of North Carolina. He graduated with his Bachelor's in English Literature, with a focus on C.S. Lewis studies, from Montreat College in May 2018. His first book was Surprised by Agape, published by Grant Hudson of Clarendon House Publications. His second book, Surprised By Myth, was co-written with Grant Hudson and published in 2021. His most recent books (Marty & Irene, Tír na nÓg, Celtic Twilight, and Celtic Song) were published by Steve Cawte of Impspired. Wiggins has also had poems and other short pieces published by Clarendon House Publications, Sehnsucht: The C.S. Lewis Journal, and Sweetycat Press. Justin has a great zeal for life, work, community, writing, literature, art, pubs, bookstores, coffee shops, and for England, Scotland, and Ireland.