Biography:

Poet; literary scholar; university professor. Born– November 6, 1942, Montgomery. Grew up in California. Parents– Loyce Virgil and Vernell Mann Helms. Married– Penelope Palmer, August 1, 1964.  Married–Susan McCraw. Children– One. Education– University of California in Riverside, B.A., 1964; University of Washington, Ph.D., 1968. Taught English at the University of California in Los Angeles, 1968-1977 and Arizona State University, Tempe, 1977-2007. Member, Modern Language Association of America.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Gospel Fictions. Buffalo, N.Y.; Prometheus Books, 1988.

Tolkien and the Silmarils. Boston; Houghton, Mifflin, 1981.

Tolkien’s World. Boston; Houghton, Mifflin, 1974.

Who Wrote the Gospels?  Milennium Press, 1997.