Alan Garner

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English novelist

United Kingdom WritersBorn 1934 · age 91

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Alan Garner is an English novelist best known for his children's fantasy novels and his retellings of traditional British folk tales.

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In 1957, Garner purchased and began renovating Toad Hall at Blackden, Cheshire

Garner at his home in Blackden, 2011

The Medicine House, an Early Modern building that was moved to Blackden by Garner.

Awards 5

2012Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

1996Phoenix Award

1968Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

1967Carnegie Medal

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Connected to Alan 6

Lesley DunlopAlso in Red Shift (1978)

John MackenzieAlso in Red Shift (1978)

Anthony BateAlso in To Kill a King (1980)

Stewart BevanAlso in Lamaload (1981)

Michael ElphickAlso in Red Shift (1978)

Pauline YatesAlso in To Kill a King (1980)

About this person

Alan Garner is an English novelist best known for his children's fantasy novels and his retellings of traditional British folk tales. Much of his work is rooted in the landscape, history and folklore of his native county of Cheshire, North West England, being set in the region and making use of the native Cheshire dialect.

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