About the Authors and Illustrators

Carl and Patricia Odhner, who co-authored and illustrated The Secret of the Unicorn Horn, began touring the USA in 1978 with a marionette show based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” (pictured above). Since then their delightful stories and unique new form of story-telling, known as Middle-earth Story-telling, have gradually won the hearts of millions of people. This year their performing arts company, Middle-earth Studios, will produce over 1,700 live performances of their stories - at fairs, festivals and amusement parks. Middle-earth Story-tellers have now performed for a total live audience nearing 4 million people.

Both authors believe that children, like everyone else, thrive on being challenged. They attribute their success to their undying devotion to exposing children to what is worthwhile.

Each of the 4700 copies of this first edition contains a certificate of authenticity hand-numbered and hand-signed by both authors.