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 boot 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 joining Curtis Brown Australia as a part-time literary agent in 1999. In January 2002 Garth went back to dedicated writer again, despite his belief that full-time writing explains the strange behaviour of many authors. He now lives in Sydney with his wife, two sons and lots of books.
Series
Books
Echoes
2019
Geektastic
Stories from the Nerd Herd
2009
Newt's Emerald
2013
Out of the Mirror, Darkness
2022
One Beastly Beast
2007
Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz
Three Adventures
2011
Dislocation Space
2019
A Confusion of Princes
2012
The Seventh Tower
2001
Mister Monday
2003
Grim Tuesday
2004
The Abhorsen Trilogy
2003
Lord Sunday
2010
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath
2023
We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord
2024
The Violet Keystone
2001
Angel Mage
2019
Across the Wall
A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories
2005
Relics, Wrecks, & Ruins
2021
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy
2020
Wings of Fire
2010
Frogkisser!
2017
The Fall
2000
Drowned Wednesday
2004
Goldenhand
2016
A Handful of Ashes
2015
Three Sides of a Heart
Stories about Love Triangles
2017
Sir Thursday
2006
The Case of the Somewhat Mythic Sword
2020
A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales
2000
The Abhorsen Chronicles
2008
Superior Saturday
2008
The Seventh Tower
2003
The Dark of the Woods
Fairy Tales for Modern Times
2006
A Guide to the Necromancer Bells
2009
Doctor Crake Crosses the Wall
2016
The Ragwitch
1990
Blood Ties
2014
Tor.com Short Fiction Winter 2020
2020
Clariel
2014
Cranky Ladies of History
2015
Sabriel
1995
Lirael
2001
Castle
2000
Fearie Tales
Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome
2013
Serena and the Sea Serpent
2000
The Monster
2011
The Creature in the Case
2005
The Mystery
2013
Terciel and Elinor
2021
The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch
2022
The Starry Rift
Tales of New Tomorrows
2008
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
2020
Have Sword, Will Travel
2017
Lady Friday
2007
Ghosts by Gaslight
2011
Let Sleeping Dragons Lie
2018
Fire Above, Fire Below
2013
Abhorsen
2003
The Nine Gates of Death
An Extract of the Journal of Idrach the Lesser Necromancer
2005
Haunted Nights
A Horror Writers Association Anthology
2017
The Necessary Arthur
2020
Into Battle
2001
Firebirds
An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction
2003
Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz
Stories of the Witch Knight and the Puppet Sorcerer
2023
Aenir
2000
The Calusari
1997
The Missing
2014
Shade's Children
1997
To Hold the Bridge
2015
Rags & Bones
New Twists on Timeless Tales
2013
Above the Veil
2001
Zombies Vs. Unicorns
2010
Troubletwisters
2011
