Clive Staples Lewis

C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis, 1898–1963) was a British writer and scholar. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he taught for many years at Oxford and Cambridge, where he studied medieval and Renaissance English literature. He is best known for his fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia; this library holds several of its volumes, including The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, and The Last Battle. He also wrote works of apologetics and fantasy such as Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, and the Space Trilogy. His writing spans foreign literature and literary appreciation, and is marked by clarity and imaginative storytelling that explores faith and human nature.