Philip Pullman is the award winning author of the His Dark Materials series. Born in Norwich, England, the son of Audrey Evelyn Pullman and Royal Air Force pilot Alfred Outram Pullman. His family travelled with his father’s job, including to Southern Rhodesia, though most of his formative years were spent in Llanbedr in Ardudwy, Wales.

The His Dark Materials books of Philip Pullman. His Dark Materials is an epic trilogy of fantasy novels consisting of Northern Lights (1995, published as The Golden Compass in North America), The Subtle Knife (1997), and The Amber Spyglass (2000). It follows the coming of age of two children, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they wander through a series of parallel universes.

Philip Pullman was born in Norwich, England, the son of Audrey Evelyn Pullman (née Merrifield) and Royal Air Force pilot Alfred Outram Pullman. The family travelled with his father's job, including to Southern Rhodesia, though most of his formative years were spent in Llanbedr in Ardudwy, Wales. When Pullman was seven, his father, an RAF pilot ...

Biography. Philip Pullman was born in Norwich in 1946, and travelled all over the world during his childhood, settling in North Wales at the age of 11. He studied at Oxford University, graduating in 1968 and becoming a teacher. He then taught in middle schools, writing plays during this period on which some of his later novels were based, later ...

Based on author Philip Pullman’s beloved trilogy, His Dark Materials follows Lyra, a brave young woman from another world. Lyra’s quest to find her kidnapped friend leads her to uncover a sinister plot of a secret organization, encounter extraordinary beings and …

20/04/2020 · Philip Pullman: 'It's all got to change'. The Covid-19 crisis should lead to a radical reform of our political system, argues the author of His Dark Materials. It’s all got to change. If we come out of this crisis with all the rickety, fly-blown, worm-eaten old structures still intact, the same vain and indolent public schoolboys in charge ...

AUTHOR: Philip Pullman KEY STAGE: KS2 About the Author Philip Pullman worked as a teacher both of children in middle schools and trainee teachers and has maintained a passionate interest in the world of education ever since. He writes mostly for children and is probably best known for ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy of fantasy novels. ...

01/05/2006 · Clockwork or all wound up, Philip PullmanClockwork, or All Wound Up is an illustrated short children's book by Philip Pullman, first published in the United Kingdom in 1996. Clockwork is set in the town of Glockenheim in Germany in "the old days". It has three main characters: Karl, an apprentice clock maker who has failed to make a figure for ...

Philip Pullman: Das Magische Messer. Heyne Verlag, München 1999, ISBN 3-453-15227-1. als Hörbuch: gelesen von Rufus Beck, Hörbuch Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86742-859-0. Das Bernstein-Teleskop. Im Finale der Trilogie müssen Lyra und Will in die Welt der Toten steigen, um eine alte Schuld zu begleichen. ...