As a passionate believer in the democracy of reading, I don't think it's the task of the author of a book to tell the reader what it means. The meaning of a story emerges in the meeting between the words on the page and the thoughts in the reader's mind. So when people ask me what I meant by this story, or what was the message I was trying to convey in that one, I have to explain that I'm not going to explain. Anyway, I'm not in the message business; I'm in the "Once upon a time" business. Philip Pullman is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass, which has been named one of the top 100 novels of all time by Newsweek and one of the all-time greatest novels by Entertainment Weekly. In 2004, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He lives in Oxford, England.
Series
Books
La Belle Sauvage / The Secret Commonwealth
2019
The Tiger in the Well
1990
Clockwork
1996
The Tin Princess
1994
Daemon Voices
On Stories and Storytelling
2017
Mossycoat
1998
Galatea
1978
Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp
1999
I Was a Rat!
1999
Once Upon a Time in the North
2008
Imaginary Friends
2017
The Golden Key
And Other Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
2012
The Ruby in the Smoke
1985
The Shadow in the North
1986
Thunderbolt's Waxwork
1994
13 More Tales of Horror
1994
Life and Death
A collection of classic poetry and prose
2003
The Book of Dust
2017
The Adventures of John Blake
Mystery of the Ghost Ship
2017
Four Tales
2010
The Imagination Chamber
2022
His Dark Materials
Once Upon a Time in the North, Gift Edition
2023
The Subtle Knife
1997
The Secret Commonwealth
2019
The Gas-Fitters' Ball
2
1995
Jack il diavolo a molla. Una storia di coraggio e crudeltà
1991
The Golden Compass
the Graphic Novel, Volume 2
2015
Puss in Boots
The Adventures of That Most Enterprising Feline
2000
The Broken Bridge
1990
Northern Lights
Bolvangar
1980
The Golden Compass
1995
The Scarecrow and His Servant
2004
The Collectors
2014
Count Karlstein
1982
His Dark Materials
Once Upon a Time in the North, Gift Edition
2023
The Firework-Maker's Daughter
1995
Serpentine
2020
The Subtle Knife
The Graphic Novel
2022
Once Upon a Time in the North / Lyra's Oxford / Serpentine
2020
The Amber Spyglass
2000
Lyra's Oxford
2003
Northern Lights
The Graphic Novel
2007
The Butterfly Tattoo
1992
Once Upon a Time in the North / Lyra's Oxford
2020
Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales
2016
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
2009
Frankenstein - playscript adapted by Philip Pullman
1990
