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Garth Nix


Australia (b.1963)

Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia, to the sound of the Salvation Army band outside playing 'Hail the Conquering Hero Comes' or possibly 'Roll Out the Barrel'. Garth left Melbourne at an early age for Canberra (the federal capital) and stayed there till he was nineteen, when he left to drive around the UK in a beat-up Austin with a trunk full of books and a Silver-Reed typewriter.

Despite a wheel literally falling off the Austin, Garth survived to return to Australia and study at the University of Canberra. After finishing his degree in 1986 he worked in a bookshop, then as a book publicist, a publisher's sales representative, and editor. Along the way he was also a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve, serving in an Assault Pioneer platoon for four years. Garth left publishing to work as a public relations and marketing consultant from 1994-1997, till he became a full-time writer in 1998. He did that for a year before becoming a part-time literary agent in 1999. In January 2002 Garth went back to writing full time again, despite his belief that full-time writing explains the strange behaviour of many authors.

Garth currently lives in a beach suburb of Sydney, with his wife Anna, a publisher.
 

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Children's Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
Series
Old Kingdom
   0. Terciel and Elinor (2021)
   1. Sabriel (1996)
   2. Lirael (2001)
   3. Abhorsen (2003)
   3.5. The Creature in the Case (2005)
   4. Clariel (2014)
   To Hold the Bridge (2015)
   5. Goldenhand (2016)
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Seventh Tower
   1. The Fall (2000)
   2. Castle (2000)
   3. Aenir (2001)
   4. Above The Veil (2001)
   5. Into Battle (2001)
   6. The Violet Keystone (2001)
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Keys to the Kingdom
   1. Mister Monday (2003)
   2. Grim Tuesday (2004)
   3. Drowned Wednesday (2005)
   4. Sir Thursday (2006)
   5. Lady Friday (2007)
   6. Superior Saturday (2008)
   7. Lord Sunday (2010)
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Troubletwisters (with Sean Williams)
   1. Troubletwisters (2011)
   2. The Monster (2012)
   3. The Mystery (2013)
   4. The Missing (2014)

     aka Missing, Presumed Evil

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Novels
   The Ragwitch (1991)
   Shade's Children (1997)
   A Confusion of Princes (2012)
   Newt's Emerald (2015)
   Frogkisser! (2017)
   Angel Mage (2019)
   We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord (2024)
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Collections
   Kids' Night In (2003) (with others)
   Across the Wall (2005)
   One Beastly Beast (2007)
   Midnight Feast (2011) (with others)
   Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz (2013)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Graphic Novels show
 
Garth Nix recommends
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In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (2023)
(Geomancer, book 1)
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
"The kind of fantasy adventure I have always loved: evocative and imaginative and destined to be a classic."
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The Isles of the Gods (2023)
(Isles of the Gods, book 1)
Amie Kaufman
"I devoured it. When is the next book?"
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Artifact Space (2021)
(Arcana Imperii)
Miles Cameron
"A superb military science fiction adventure, in a fascinating universe."

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Anthologies containing stories by Garth Nix
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Shapers of Worlds Volume II (2021)
(Shapers of Worlds, book 2)
edited by
Edward Willett

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Awards
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Children/Young Adult Fiction winner (2018) : Frogkisser!


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