Alan Garner (Children's Author) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

Alan Garner is an English novelist known for his children's fantastic novels and traditional British folk tales. Much of his work derives from the landscape, history and folklore of his home county of Cheshire, in North West England, which is regionally defined and uses the native Cheshire dialect. Born in Congleton, Garner grew up around the nearby town of Alderley Edge, and spent most of his youth in a woodland area known locally as "The Edge", where he quickly developed an interest in culture. A student at Manchester Grammar School, then briefly at the University of Oxford, in 1957, he moved to the village of Blackden, where he purchased and renovated a modern era building called Toad Hall. His first novel, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, was published in 1960. A fantasy children's novel set in Edge, it incorporates elements of local folklore into its core of stories and characters.

Born	October 17, 1934, Congleton, Cheshire, England
Occupation	Writer, folklorist
Period	1960–present
Genre	Children's fantasy, low fantasy, folklore
Notable works	The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, The Moon of Gomrath, Elidor, The Owl Service
Notable awards	Carnegie Medal, 1967, Guardian Prize, 1968
Spouse	Griselda Garner

About Alan Garner

Children's Author Alan Garner was born in England on October 17, 1934. He's 89 years old today.

He is best known for The Weirdstone Trilogy and his modernized renditions of British mythology. He is an English children's fantasy novelist. The Stone Book Quartet, Strandloper, and Thursbitch are among his latter works.

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Alan Garner before becoming famous

Alan Garner was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1934 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dog (狗).

Before writing his debut novel in 1960, he grew up in the Cheshire region of England and attended Manchester Grammar School and Oxford University.

Achievement of Alan Garner

In 2001, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. For his books, he won the Carnegie Medal, the Karl Edward Wagner Award, and the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, among others.

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He grew up enchanted with the folktales of the region, having been born in the village of Alderley Edge.

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