Pullman, Philip (1946– )

English writer of fiction for children and teenagers including Northern Lights (1995; in the USA published as The Golden Compass in 1996), the first book in the ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy, which won the Carnegie Medal and the Children's Book of the Year in the British Book Awards, both in 1996. The final book in the trilogy, The Amber Spyglass (2000), won the 2001 Whitbread Book of the Year Award, the first children's book to win the prize.

Other work includes The Ruby in the Smoke (1985), The Shadow in the North (1986), The Tiger in the Well (1991), The White Mercedes (1992), The Tin Princess (1994), The Firework-Maker's Daughter (1995), Clockwork (1995), and The Subtle Knife (1997; the second book in the ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy).