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Glen Howard GoodKnight (October 1, 1941 – November 3, 2010) was the founder of the Mythopoeic Society and the editor of its journal, Mythlore between 1970 and 1998; in that time the publication grew from being a fan magazine to a peer-reviewed academic journal. He was an expert on and collector of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and his fellow The Inklings, C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams.
His "day job" was as an elementary school teacher, but he was an expert on and enthusiastic collector of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and his fellow The Inklings, the Oxford literary group around C. S. Lewis and like-minded writers such as Charles Williams. He travelled to England in 1975 and met Priscilla Tolkien, the author's daughter; from her, he bought a substantial collection of first editions of translations of Tolkien's books. He built up his collection to some 700 volumes of Inklings works. He was a distinctive character at Mythopoeic Society events; Valerie Nelson of The Los Angeles Times reports that he "would sometimes show up dressed in the flowing robes of Elrond", the Elf-lord of Rivendell described in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
He had a daughter, Arwen (named for Arwen), by his second wife, Bonnie, whom he married at the 1971 Mythcon. He died on 3 November 2010 in Monterey Park, California, survived by his partner Ken Lauw. His family donated his collection of rare books on the Inklings to Azusa Pacific University.
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