Philip Pullman
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Between 1988 and 1996, Pullman taught part-time at [[Westminster College, Oxford]], continuing to write children's stories. He began ''His Dark Materials'' in about 1993. The first book, ''[[Northern Lights (Pullman novel)|Northern Lights]]'', was published in 1995 (as ''The Golden Compass'' in the U.S. in 1996). While working on the trilogy, he wrote ''[[The Firework-Maker's Daughter]]'' (1995), ''[[Clockwork (novel)|Clockwork, or All Wound Up]]'' (1996) and ''[[I Was a Rat! or, The Scarlet Slippers]]'' (1999), which he called [[fairy tales]]. ''The Firework-Maker's Daughter'' won the Gold [[Nestlé Smarties Book Prize]]. The trilogy continued with ''[[The Subtle Knife]]'' (1997) and ''[[The Amber Spyglass]]'' (2000). |
Between 1988 and 1996, Pullman taught part-time at [[Westminster College, Oxford]], continuing to write children's stories. He began ''His Dark Materials'' in about 1993. The first book, ''[[Northern Lights (Pullman novel)|Northern Lights]]'', was published in 1995 (as ''The Golden Compass'' in the U.S. in 1996). While working on the trilogy, he wrote ''[[The Firework-Maker's Daughter]]'' (1995), ''[[Clockwork (novel)|Clockwork, or All Wound Up]]'' (1996) and ''[[I Was a Rat! or, The Scarlet Slippers]]'' (1999), which he called [[fairy tales]]. ''The Firework-Maker's Daughter'' won the Gold [[Nestlé Smarties Book Prize]]. The trilogy continued with ''[[The Subtle Knife]]'' (1997) and ''[[The Amber Spyglass]]'' (2000). |
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Pullman began writing full-time in 1996, continuing to deliver talks and write occasionally for ''[[The Guardian]]'', including writing and lecturing about education, often criticizing unimaginative education policies.{{cite web |url=http://www.uce.ac.uk/web2/releases04/3476.html |title=Acclaimed Author Philip Pullman to Visit UCE Birmingham |access-date=11 May 2007 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924164828/http://www.uce.ac.uk/web2/releases04/3476.html |archive-date=24 September 2006}}. uce.ac.uk. 6 May 2004{{cite news| last=Pullman| first=Philip|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/jan/22/schools.wordsandlanguage |title=Common sense has much to learn from moonshine |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 December 2014}} He was awarded a [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in the New Year's Honours list in 2004. That year, he was elected President of the Blake Society[http://www.blakesociety.org/about/governance/report-to-st-james%E2%80%99s-2004/ Report to St James's 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307132559/http://www.blakesociety.org/about/governance/report-to-st-james%E2%80%99s-2004/ |date=7 March 2012}}. blakesociety.org and guest-edited ''[[The Mays Literary Anthology]]'', a collection of new writing from students at the Universities of Oxford and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. He returned to fairy tales with ''[[The Scarecrow and His Servant]]'' (2004), which won the Silver Smarties Prize. |
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In 2008, he started working on ''[[The Book of Dust]]'', a companion trilogy to ''His Dark Materials'', and "The Adventures of John Blake", a story for the British children's comic ''[[The DFC]]'', with artist John Aggs.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080718203926/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3908515.ece Philip Pullman writes comic strip], ''[[The Times]]'', 11 May 2008 |
In 2008, he started working on ''[[The Book of Dust]]'', a companion trilogy to ''His Dark Materials'', and "The Adventures of John Blake", a story for the British children's comic ''[[The DFC]]'', with artist John Aggs.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080718203926/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3908515.ece Philip Pullman writes comic strip], ''[[The Times]]'', 11 May 2008 |
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