Christina Scull nació en Bristol, Inglaterra, donde asistió a la famosa Red Maids School. En 1961 se mudó a Londres y trabajó durante diez años en la Cámara de Comercio. En 1971 obtuvo su licenciatura en Filosofía y Letras con Honores en el Birkbeck College, Universidad de Londres, donde historia del arte e historia medieval. De 1971 a 1995 fue Bibliotecaria del Museo de Señor Museo de Sir John Soane, Londres. En diciembre de 1994 se casó con Wayne Hammond, y en octubre de 1995 emigró a Estados Unidos. Sus publicaciones incluyen The Soane Hogarths (1991). Ella también es co-autora o co-redactora con su marido de trabajos sobre J.R.R. Tolkien, y editora de la publicación esporádica The Tolkien Collector. Ha ganado en dos ocasiones el premio de la Mythopoeic Society.

Lista de publicaciones:

Junto con su marido, Wayne G. Hammond, como autores conjuntos o coeditores:

- Essay-article on The History of Middle-earth. Seven 12 (1995).

- J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator. London: HarperCollins; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995.

- "The Making of J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator". Proceedings of Unquendors Third Lustrum Conference, Held in Delft, 25 May 1996 (Lembas-extra). Leiden: Unquendor, 1998.

- Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. London: HarperCollins; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.

- Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien. 50th anniversary edition. Ed. by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. London: HarperCollins; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.

- "J.R.R. Tolkien: The Achievement of His Literary Life". Mythlore 22, no. 3, whole no. [85] (Winter 1999).

- The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. by Humphrey Carpenter with the assistance of Christopher Tolkien. London: HarperCollins, 1999; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. New, expanded index by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond.

- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. 50th anniversary edition. [Ed. with a note by Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull.] London: HarperCollins; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. Beginning with late 2005 printings, the edition contains further emendations and a new, enlarged index by Hammond and Scull.

- The Lord of the Rings: A Readers Companion. London: HarperCollins; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005.

En solitario:

- "A Preliminary Study of Variations in Editions of The Lord of the Rings". Beyond Bree, Apr. 1985; Aug. 1985.

- "The Fairy Tale Tradition". Mallorn 23 (Summer 1986).

- "Differences in Picture Reproduction between British and American Editions [of J.R.R. Tolkiens works]". Beyond Bree, May 1987.

- "The Hobbit Considered in Relation to Childrens Literature Contemporary with Its Writing and Publication". Mythlore 14, no. 2, whole no. 52 (Winter 1987).

- "The Publishing History of Farmer Giles of Ham". Amon Hen 98 (July 1989).

- "On Reading and Re-reading The Lord of the Rings". Mallorn 27 (Sept. 1990).

- Appendix on Adam drawings for Fredericks Place. The Mercers Hall by Jean Imray. London: London Topographical Society, 1991.

- "Dragons from Andrew Langs Retelling of Sigurd to Tolkiens Chrysophylax" and "Tom Bombadil and The Lord of the Rings". Leaves from the Tree: J.R.R. Tolkiens Shorter Fiction. London: Tolkien Society, 1991.

- The Soane Hogarths. London: Trefoil Publications for Sir John Soanes Museum, 1991.

- "The Influence of Archaeology and History on Tolkiens World." Scholarship & Fantasy: Proceedings of The Tolkien Phenomenon. Anglicana Turkuensia, no. 12. Ed. by K.J. Batterbee. Turku: University of Turku, 1993.

- Catalogue entries. Soane: Connoisseur & Collector: A Selection of Drawings from Sir John Soanes Collection. London: Sir John Soanes Museum, 1995.

- Catalogue entries. Buildings in Progress: Soanes Views of Construction. London: The Soane Gallery, 1995.

- "Open Minds, Closed Minds in The Lord of the Rings". Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference. Ed. by Patricia Reynolds & Glen H. GoodKnight. Milton Keynes: The Tolkien Society; Altadena, Calif.: The Mythopoeic Society, 1995.

- "The Development of Tolkiens Legendarium: Some Threads in the History of Middle-earth". Tolkiens Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth. Ed. by Verlyn Flieger and Carl F. Hostetter. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2000.

- "Tolkien: The Great Storyteller". British Philatelic Bulletin, Oct. 1992.

- The Tolkien Collector, 1 (1992) to date, editor and contributor.

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En España tan sólo han sido traducidos y publicados por la Editorial Minotauro las siguientes publicaciones realizadas en conjunto con su marido, Wayne G. Hammond

- J.R.R. Tolkien: artista e ilustrador (1996, Ediciones Minotauro)

- Roverandom (1998, Ediciones Minotauro) Tolkien, J.R.R.

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Todos los datos han sido obtenidos de su página web oficial:

http://bcn.net/~whammond/index.html

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