Which author shared the Inklings literary group with C.S. Lewis and wrote The Hobbit?

J.R.R. Tolkien shared the Inklings literary group with C.S. Lewis and wrote The Hobbit.

The Inklings were an informal Oxford literary discussion group active mainly during the 1930s and 1940s. Lewis and Tolkien were among its best-known members, along with writers such as Charles Williams and Owen Barfield.

Members commonly read drafts of works aloud and discussed literature, mythology, religion, and language. Tolkien’s readings included material from The Lord of the Rings, while Lewis shared parts of his own fiction and nonfiction.

Lewis and Tolkien first became close at Oxford after meeting in the early 1920s, and their friendship strongly influenced their writing. Tolkien’s The Hobbit was published in 1937, while Lewis’s first Narnia novel appeared in 1950. Their friendship later became strained, especially over Tolkien’s response to Lewis’s marriage.