Alan Garner

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children's writer fantasy writer human novelist

Alan Garner is an English novelist renowned for his fantasy and children's literature rooted in folklore and the landscapes of Cheshire, particularly works like "The Weirdstone of Brisingamen" and "The Owl Service."

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Alan Garner canonical 20
Alan Garner bibliography 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf children's writer ⓘ
fantasy writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
awardReceived Carnegie Medal ⓘ
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize ⓘ
Order of the British Empire ⓘ
surface form: Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Phoenix Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-10-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Magdalen College, Oxford ⓘ
Manchester Grammar School ⓘ
familyName Garner ⓘ
fieldOfWork folklore-inspired fiction ⓘ
myth-based fantasy ⓘ
genre children's literature ⓘ
fantasy literature ⓘ
young adult fiction ⓘ
givenName Alan ⓘ
influencedBy British mythology ⓘ
Cheshire folklore ⓘ
landscapes of Cheshire ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Alan Garner self-link ⓘ
notableWork Boneland ⓘ
Elidor ⓘ
Red Shift ⓘ
Strandloper ⓘ
The Moon of Gomrath ⓘ
The Owl Service ⓘ
The Stone Book Quartet ⓘ
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen ⓘ
Thursbitch ⓘ
Treacle Walker ⓘ
notedFor innovative children's fantasy literature ⓘ
rooting fantasy in real English locations ⓘ
occupation children's writer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cheshire ⓘ
Congleton ⓘ
England ⓘ
residence Alderley Edge ⓘ
Cheshire ⓘ
writingStyle integration of myth and landscape ⓘ
use of local dialects ⓘ

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Red Shift → author → Alan Garner ⓘ
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