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Philip Pullman

Born

in Norwich, Norfolk, England, The United Kingdom

October 19, 1946

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https://www.philip-pullman.com

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Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman is an English writer. His books include the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials and The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, a fictionalised biography of Jesus. In 2008, The Times named Pullman one of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945". In a 2004 BBC poll, he was named the eleventh most influential person in British culture. He was knighted in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to literature.
Northern Lights, the first volume in His Dark Materials, won the 1995 Carnegie Medal of the Library Association as the year's outstanding English-language children's book. For the Carnegie's 70th anniversary, it was named in the top ten by a panel tasked with compiling a shortlist for a public vote for ...more

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	The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 1,652,153 ratings — published 1995 — 574 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 469,998 ratings — published 1997 — 390 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 392,829 ratings — published 2000 — 374 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3) 4.30 avg rating — 170,593 ratings — published 2000 — 151 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 116,902 ratings — published 2017 — 122 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 66,093 ratings — published 2019 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ruby in the Smoke (Sally Lockhart, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 31,171 ratings — published 1985 — 113 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lyra's Oxford (His Dark Materials, #3.5) by Philip Pullman, John Lawrence (Illustrator) 3.63 avg rating — 31,192 ratings — published 2003 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version by Philip Pullman (Editor), Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm 4.05 avg rating — 23,373 ratings — published 2012 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon a Time in the North (His Dark Materials, #0.5) by Philip Pullman, John Lawrence (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 18,922 ratings — published 2008 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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