Philip Pullman is one of the most acclaimed writers working today. He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass), which has been named one of the top 100 novels of all time by Newsweek and one of the all-time greatest novels by Entertainment Weekly. He is also the author of another trilogy set in the same world, The Book of Dust (La Belle Sauvage, The Secret Commonwealth, and The Rose Field) as well as numerous other much-loved novels, a collection of fairy tales, and a volume of essays and speeches on writing. He has won many distinguished prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread (now Costa) Award, Parents’ Choice Gold Awards, and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Pullman was knighted for services to literature in the New Years Honours 2019. He lives in Oxford, England.
Praise for THE GOLDEN COMPASS
"Marvelous." —The New Yorker
“Pullman is quite possibly a genius… Using the lineaments of
fantasy to tell the truth about the universal experience of growing
up.” —Newsweek
Praise for THE SUBTLE KNIFE
“Just as quick-moving and unputdownable as The Golden Compass.
. . . The mysteries deepen and the wonders grow even more
extravagant.” —The Washington Post
“Pullman’s imagination soars . . . A literary rollercoaster ride
you won’t want to miss.”—The Boston Globe
“The story gallops with ferocious momentum . . . Devilishly
inventive.” —The New York Times Book Review
Praise for THE AMBER SPYGLASS
"War, politics, magic, science, individual lives and cosmic
destinies are all here . . . shaped and assembled into a narrative
of tremendous pace by a man with a generous, precise intelligence.
I am completely enchanted." —The New York Times Book Review
"Breathtaking adventure . . . a terrific story, eloquently
told." —The Boston Globe
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