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Richard Adams


(Richard George Adams)
UK flag (1920 - 2016)

Richard Adams was born in Berkshire, England, in 1920, and studied history at Bradfield and Worcester College, Oxford. He was the author of nineteen books, including the bestselling and award-winning Watership Down, his first book.
 

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy
 
Series
Beklan Empire
   1. Maia (1984)
   2. Shardik (1974)
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Novels
   Watership Down (1972)
   The Tyger Voyage (1976)
   The Plague Dogs (1977)
   The Girl in a Swing (1980)
   The Legend of Te Tuna (1982)
   Traveller (1988)
   The Outlandish Knight (1999)
   Daniel (2006)
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Collections
   The Iron Wolf (1980)
     aka The Unbroken Web
   Tales from Watership Down (1996)
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Anthologies edited
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Picture Books
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Non fiction
   Nature Through the Seasons (1975)
   Nature Day and Night (1978)
   Voyage Through the Antarctic (1982) (with Ronald Lockley)
   A Nature Diary (1985)
   The Day Gone By (1990)
   Antarctica (1990)
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Anthologies containing stories by Richard Adams
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Short stories
Back of the Moon (1980)
The Blind Boy and His Dog (1980)
Crab (1980)
The Crimson Parrot (1980)
The Crow and the Daylight (1980)
The Giant Eel (1980)
How Long Will You Live? (1980)
A Hundred Times (1980)
The Iron Wolf [short story] (1980)
The Language of Animals (1980)
Mice in the Corn (1980)
The Moddey Dhoo (1980)
The Nightingale (1980)
Prince Meerzat Istvan and the Horse of Dust and Thunder (1980)
The Robin (1980)
The Rocks of Korsan (1980)
Stan Bolovan and the Dragon (1980)
The Woodpecker (1980)
The Bommie and the Drop-Off (1995)


Awards
Carnegie Medal Best Book winner (1973) : Watership Down
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (1975) : Watership Down




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