Garth Nix

Garth Nix

Nix at the 2012 Texas Book Festival
Born (1963-07-19) 19 July 1963
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation Writer
Nationality Australian
Period c. 1995–present
Genre Fantasy
Website
garthnix.com

Garth Richard Nix[1] (born 19 July 1963) is an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adults' fantasy novels, notably the Old Kingdom, Seventh Tower and Keys to the Kingdom series. He has frequently been asked if his name is a pseudonym, to which he has responded, "I guess people ask me because it sounds like the perfect name for a writer of fantasy. However, it is my real name."[2]

Biography

Born in Melbourne, Nix was raised in Canberra. After a period working for the Australian government, he traveled in Europe before returning to Australia in 1983 and undertaking a BA in professional writing at Canberra University. He worked in a Canberra bookshop after graduation, before moving to Sydney in 1987, where he worked his way up in the publishing field. He was a sales rep and publicist before becoming a Senior editor at HarperCollins. In 1993 he commenced further travel in Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe before becoming a marketing consultant, founding his own company, Gotley Nix Evans Pty Ltd. From 1999-2002 he worked as a literary agent with Curtis Brown (Australia) Pty Ltd before becoming a full-time author.[3]

In addition to his work as a fantasy novelist, Nix has written a number of scenarios and articles for the role playing field, including those for Dungeons & Dragons and Traveller. These have appeared in related publications such as White Dwarf, Multiverse and Breakout!. He has also written case studies, articles and news items in the information technology field, his work appearing in publications such as Computerworld and PCWorld.[3]

Nix lives in Sydney with his wife Anna McFarlane, a publisher, and their sons Thomas and Edward.

Works

The Old Kingdom

Also known as the Abhorsen series or trilogy

Companion works

The Seventh Tower

Main article: The 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)

The 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)

Very Clever Baby

These books were essentially self-published (though later republished by Text Media in Melbourne) and although aimed at "Very Clever Babies Aged 3–6 Months", some help is needed from parents with the long words such as "ichthyologist" used by the character Freddy the Fish.

Troubletwisters

A collaboration with Sean Williams.[7]

  1. Troubletwisters (2011)
  2. The Monster (2012)
  3. The Mystery (June 2013)
  4. The Missing (2014)

Collections

Other

References

  1. ↑ "Garth Nix". AUSTLIT (austlit.edu.au). Retrieved 2014-08-02.
  2. ↑ Nix, Garth (2007). Across the Wall. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-722146-2.
  3. 1 2 Collins, Paul; Steven Paulsen; Sean McMullen (1998). The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. p. 134. ISBN 0-522-84771-4.
  4. ↑ oldkingdom.com.au – An Extract of the Journal of Idrach the Lesser Necromancer
  5. ↑ "residence". Inside A Dog.
  6. ↑ http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062292520/to-hold-the-bridge
  7. ↑ "Fantasy authors to collaborate on Troubletwisters". Hindustan Times. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  8. ↑ Martin, George R. R. (19 June 2014). "Not A Blog: Venus In March". GRRM.livejournal.com. Retrieved 27 September 2014.

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