Middle-earth was created by a Canadian writer.
Ruth Mae Taubert Seeger -LRB- May 30 , 1924 -- April 13 , 2014 -RRB- was an American athlete and coach .. She was the first woman to be chosen for the United States track and field team for the 1957 World Games for the Deaf .. 1957 World Games for the Deaf. 1957 Summer Deaflympics