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Philip Pullman.

Writer · United Kingdom · b. 1946

Sir Philip Pullman: Carnegie-winning British author of His Dark Materials, Book of Dust and Sally Lockhart — image-rich, philosophically serious fantasy for ages 11+.

Sir Philip Pullman is a British author born in 1946, one of the defining contemporary UK fantasy voices, best known for His Dark Materials, the YA / older-middle-grade fantasy trilogy beginning with Northern Lights (1995, Carnegie Medal) and continuing in The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass, about Lyra Belacqua, daemons, parallel worlds and the unmaking of religious authority. The Book of Dust prequel/sequel sequence has continued the world. Pullman has also written The Sally Lockhart Quartet, Clockwork, I Was a Rat! and the Grimm Tales retellings. His voice is image-rich, philosophically serious, morally complex. A core canonical-contemporary UK fantasy author for ages 11+.