Garth Nix

Garth Nix (2012)

Garth Nix at New York Comic Con 2014

Garth Nix (born July 19, 1963 in Melbourne ) is an Australian author. He was best known for his fantasy novels in the series The Old Kingdom .

Life

Garth Nix was born in Melbourne. When he was a year old, his parents moved him and his brother to Canberra , where he also grew up. He studied at the University of Canberra , where he graduated in 1986. He then worked as a bookseller and publisher, among other things.

Garth Nix's first short story, entitled Sam, Cars and Cuckoo , was published in 1984. In 1990 his first novel The Ragwitch was published . His books have sold more than 4.5 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 36 languages.

For the novel Frogkisser! He was awarded the Mythopoeic Award in the Children's Literature category in 2018 .

Garth Nix now lives in a suburb of Sydney with his wife Anna and their two sons.

Works

The old kingdom

→ Main article : The Old Kingdom

• The seventh gate . 2000, ISBN 3-404-20507-3 , Sabriel. 1995
• Lirael . 2004, ISBN 3-404-20522-7 , Lirael. 2001
• Abhorsen . 2005, ISBN 3-404-20533-2 , Abhorsen. 2003
• The Creature in the Case. 2005, ISBN 0-00-720138-9 .
• To hold the bridge. (in the Legends of Australian Fantasy collection. ), 2010, ISBN 978-0-7322-8848-8 )
• Clariel - The Lost Abhorsen. 2014, ISBN 978-0-06-156155-9 .

The seventh tower

• Fall into the dark. 2001, ISBN 3-89748-402-1 , The Fall. 2000.
• Walls of death. 2001, ISBN 3-89748-403-X , Castle. 2000.
• Aenir - realm of shadow. 2001, ISBN 3-89748-404-8 , Aenir. 2001.
• Beyond the border. 2002, ISBN 3-89748-405-6 , Above the Veil. 2001.
• The battle begins. 2002, ISBN 3-89748-554-0 , Into Battle. 2001.
• The purple sunstone. 2002, ISBN 3-89748-555-9 , The Violet Keystone. 2001.

The keys to the kingdom

→ Main article : The keys to the kingdom

• Black Monday. 2006, ISBN 3-431-03712-7 , Mister Monday. 2003.
• Grim Tuesday. 2007, ISBN 978-3-431-03716-6 , Grim Tuesday. 2004.
• Cold Wednesday. 2007, ISBN 978-3-431-03723-4 , Drowned Wednesday. 2005.
• Rough Thursday. 2008, ISBN 978-3-431-03741-8 , Sir Thursday. 2006.
• Sly Friday. 2008, ISBN 978-3-431-03768-5 , Lady Friday. 2007.
• Mighty Saturday. 2009, ISBN 978-3-431-03776-0 , Superior Saturday. 2008.
• Golden Sunday. 2010, ISBN 978-3-431-03810-1 , Lord Sunday. 2010.

Other works (selection)

• The Ragwitch. 1990.
• Shade's Children. 1997.
• The X-Files Episode: The Calusari. 1997
• Across the wall. 2005 (German Beyond the Wall. 2007, ISBN 978-3-404-20579-0 )
• A Confusion Of Princes. 2012 (German The Empire of the Princes. 2014, ISBN 978-3-404-20745-9 )
• Frogkisser! 2017.
• Have Sword, Will Travel. 2017 (with Sean Williams)

Web links

Commons : Garth Nix  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Garth Nix in the catalog of the German National Library
• Garth Nix in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Garth Nix in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about Garth Nix at Open Library
• Official site of Garth Nix (English)
• Nix's private homepage
• Garth Nix in Fantastic Fiction (English)
• Garth Nix in Fancyclopedia 3 (English)