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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	children's writer → fantasy writer → human → novelist →
awardReceived	Carnegie Medal → Guardian Children's Fiction Prize → Officer of the Order of the British Empire → Phoenix Award →
countryOfCitizenship	England → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1934-10-17 →
educatedAt	Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED → 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 →
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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Garner →	hasNotableBearer
Alan Garner →	name