Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman was born in 1946 in Norwich, England, and grew up in, among other places, Australia, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), England and Wales. He studied English at Exeter College, Oxford, and initially worked as a teacher before devoting himself to writing. Pullman wrote children's and young adult books, short stories, picture books, plays and thrillers. He became internationally known for the trilogy His Dark Materials: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. In 2005, he received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for his body of work.