John Howe is a Canadian book illustrator,living in Neuchatel, Switzerland.One year after graduating from high school,he studied in a college in Strasbourg,France,then at the Ecole des arts decoratifs in the same town.He is best known for his work based on J.R.R Tolkien’s worlds.
Howe and noted Tolkien artist Alan Lee served as chief conceptual designers for Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy and Howe also did the illustration for the Lord of the Rings board game created by Reiner Knizia.Howe also re-illustrated the maps of The Lord of the Rings,The Hobbit and The Silmarillion in 1996–2003.
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