Who completed and edited J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumous novel The Children of Húrin?

Christopher Tolkien completed and edited J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumous novel The Children of Húrin.

The book was published in 2007, more than three decades after J.R.R. Tolkien’s death. Christopher Tolkien assembled a continuous narrative from versions of the story found in his father’s manuscripts, including material related to The Silmarillion and other unfinished writings.

The story centers on Túrin Turambar and his sister Nienor, whose lives are shaped by the curse placed on their father, Húrin, and his family. It is one of the major tragic tales of Tolkien’s First Age mythology.

Christopher Tolkien did not invent the underlying story. His editorial role involved selecting, arranging and sometimes reconciling Tolkien’s different drafts. Similar editorial work produced posthumous books such as Unfinished Tales and The History of Middle-earth.