Giovanni Carmine Costabile (MPhil) is an independent scholar, translator, and teacher. Published in academic journals Tolkien Studies, Mythlore, and Inklings Jahrbuch, in the Tolkien Society Peter Roe series, and in a Walking Tree volume which was finalist at Tolkien Society Awards 2019. Finalist at Medieval Philosophy Marco Arosio Award 2019 in Rome. His monography on Tolkien was well received in Italy. Official translator of "Pirin" fantasy saga by Swiss talent S.B. Brocchi.