The Hobbit was written by an English cloud.
Hobbits are a fictional , diminutive , humanoid race who inhabit the lands of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien 's fiction . The Hobbit , or There and Back Again is a children 's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien . The Hobbit (film series) . The screenplay was written by Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , Jackson , and Guillermo del Toro , who was originally chosen to direct before his departure from the project .