Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman: Biography

Philip Pullman (Philip Nicholas Outram) was born on October 19th, 1946 and is currently 77 years old. Philip Pullman was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Philip Pullman (Philip Nicholas Outram) is probably best known for his Standalone Novels. There are currently 13 novels available. The first standalone was released in 1972 with the novel The Haunted Storm. The most recently released novel was The Scarecrow and His Servant which was released in 2009. There are no upcoming standalone novels by Philip at this time.

Philip Pullman has also written the His Dark Materials series which has 8 books including Northern Lights / The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife.

Pullman was inducted into the Nielsen Bestseller Awards' 21st Century Platinum Hall of Fame for his Platinum Bestsellers Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.

Philip Pullman: Awards & Accolades

Philip Pullman has won multiple awards including: The British Book Awards, UK Author of the Year, in 2002 and the British Book Awards, Author of the Year, in 2018. Philip Pullman was also nominated for the International Booker Prize, Outstanding Achievement in Fiction, in 2011.

Pullman's books have also won multiple awards, Northern Lights / The Golden Compass won the British Book Awards, Children's Book of the Year, in 1997. The Amber Spyglass won the British Book Awards, Children's Book of the Year, in 2001 as well as the Audie Award - Best Multi-Voiced Performance Award in 2002. La Belle Sauvage won the BookBrowse Awards, Best Young Adult Book, in 2017 as well as the Nielsen Awards - Silver Bestseller in 2018. The Secret Commonwealth won the Nielsen Awards, Silver Bestseller, in 2021.

Philip Pullman books have also been nominated for multiple awards, The Amber Spyglass was nominated for the World Fantasy Award, Novel, in 2001. La Belle Sauvage was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction, in 2017 as well as the Hugo Award - Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book in 2018, British Book Awards - Children's Book of the Year in 2018. The Secret Commonwealth was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction, in 2019 as well as the British Book Awards - Fiction Book of the Year in 2020.

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Michael K.

1 year ago

I have fond memories of ‘His Dark Materials.’ People are constantly pitting Pullman’s books against C.S. Lewis’ Narnia novels. More often than not, they will praise Pullman’s stories by putting the Narnia books down.

I never understood that attitude. I love both authors. They injected so much magic into my childhood. ‘His Dark Materials’ doesn’t have the whimsy I appreciate in Narnia.

But it still swept me off my feet and pulled me into an imaginative world, which is all I want from fantasy. I want to read a book that allows me to forget the worries of real life. Looking at this list, I am tempted to buy ‘Northern Lights.’ I last read it in my teens. I wonder whether it holds up.

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