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Lloyd Alexander


Born
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States
January 30, 1924

Died
May 17, 2007

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Genre
Children's, Science Fiction, Fantasy


Lloyd Chudley Alexander was an influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books. His most famous contribution to the field of children's literature is the fantasy series The Chronicles of Prydain. The concluding book of the series, The High King , was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1969. Alexander's other books have also won the National Book Award and the American Book Award. He was also one of the creators of Cricket Magazine. ...more

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Average rating: 4.05 · 487,392 ratings · 22,288 reviews · 115 distinct works • Similar authors
The Book of Three (The Chro...
3.98 avg rating — 84,851 ratings — published 1964 — 2 editions
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The Black Cauldron (The Chr...
4.13 avg rating — 67,886 ratings — published 1965 — 136 editions
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The High King (The Chronicl...
4.25 avg rating — 57,008 ratings — published 1968 — 110 editions
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Taran Wanderer (The Chronic...
4.14 avg rating — 44,152 ratings — published 1967 — 107 editions
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The Castle of Llyr (The Chr...
4.07 avg rating — 40,555 ratings — published 1966 — 2 editions
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The Chronicles of Prydain
4.43 avg rating — 7,898 ratings — published 1989 — 32 editions
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Time Cat
3.78 avg rating — 7,575 ratings — published 1963 — 46 editions
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The Foundling and Other Tal...
3.96 avg rating — 5,347 ratings — published 1973 — 28 editions
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Westmark (Westmark, #1)
3.93 avg rating — 4,915 ratings — published 1981 — 24 editions
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The Iron Ring
3.83 avg rating — 4,878 ratings — published 1997 — 18 editions
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Series by Lloyd Alexander

The Book of Three The Black Cauldron The Castle of Llyr Taran Wanderer The High King Kroniky Prydainu II
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Westmark The Kestrel The Beggar Queen
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The Illyrian Adventure The El Dorado Adventure The Drackenberg Adventure The Jedera Adventure The Philadelphia Adventure The Xanadu Adventure
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3.81 avg rating — 5,586 ratings

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“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
― Lloyd Alexander
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“Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron
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“Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.”
― Lloyd Alexander
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JULY FANTASY: This poll decides which two books will go on to the run off poll for the July 2015 Fantasy BOTM.

 
  28 votes, 35.0%

 
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  5 votes, 6.3%

 
  4 votes, 5.0%

 
  3 votes, 3.8%

 
  3 votes, 3.8%

 
  3 votes, 3.8%

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