Lewis, Clive Staples. (1898 - 1963).

W o r k 

- a versatile personality and prolific author: a scholar, broadcaster, and author of several dozens of books for children, Christian apologetics, and literary criticism

The Allegory of Love (1936):

- a study of the allegorical treatment of love in the Middle Ages on the examples of English poetry, including Chaucer, Spenser, etc.

The Chronicles of Narnia (1950 - 1956):

- a series of seven fantasy children's novels

- incorporates themes from Christianity, characters from Roman and Greek mythology, and ideas from traditional British and Irish fairy tales

Mere Christianity (1952):

- a classic of Christian apologetics, transcribed from a series of BBC broadcast talks he was invited to hold during WW II

- avoids theological complexities in favour of a style easily accessible to common people and also to a non-believing audience