Dimitra Fimi (born 2 June 1978) is a Greek academic and writer and since 2023 Professor of Fantasy and Children's Literature at the University of Glasgow.

[2] She is a Visiting Lecturer in English Literature at Signum University, an online learning facility.

[7] Fimi's other works include Celtic Myth in Contemporary Children's Fantasy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) which was the runner-up for the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award.

[3] She has contributed chapters in A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien (Blackwell, 2014), and Revisiting Imaginary Worlds: A Subcreation Studies Anthology (Routledge, 2016).

She is a member of The Tolkien Society and has written articles for magazines and websites including the Times Literary Supplement and The Conversation; she appears regularly on BBC Radio Wales.