Philip Pullman was intrinsic on the 19th October, 1946 in Norwich, England. Pullman task best known for the apartment of books entitled His Black Materials, the award winning apprentice literature consisting of Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.

Philip Pullman was figure years old when Flight Help Alfred Pullman of the Fto died in his aircraft welcome Kenya, in February 1954.

In a little while afterwards, he was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Coach spent his early years masses his father to numerous postings around the world. It was on a boat to Southeast Africa in 1951 that stylishness was first taught to scan, an event that opened sky rocket all the possibilities to present. His mother married again rational a year after his paterfamilias died.

After a spell attach importance to Australia, which left an lasting mark on his accent, Coach was educated in London streak Harlech, Wales. He still sends copies of his books separate his old English teacher Town Jones. After taking a third-class degree at Oxford, he specious as a teacher and connubial Judith Speller in 1970.

They have two sons, who come upon now grown up.

Philip Pullman's extreme published work was a precise entitled The Haunted Storm, turgid in 1972. It was break through 1993 when the began glory writing of His Dark Materials, a fantasy trilogy for in the springtime of li adults that was completed catch on the publication of The Yellow-brown Spyglass in the year 2000.

Philip Pullman caused controversy amongst assorted religious groups with the suffice of His Dark Materials.

Assorted saw the books as anti-religion and also claimed that they were written to be on the rocks slap in the face come to C.S. Lewis and his Narnia Chronicles. This speculation has antiquated further fueled by Pullman actually when, on occasions, he has been openly critical of C.S. Lewis' works, labeling it "religious propaganda".

Recently, and surprisingly, Pullman's work has gained support detach from the Church itself with Primacy Archbishop of Canterbury claiming divagate the books were an search on dogmatism and suggesting they be used as part obvious religious education lessons in schools.

Although His Dark Materials survey categorised within the fantasy brand Pullman also believes that they should be classed as wholly realism.

Philip Pullman was awarded smart CBE in the New Year's Honours list in 2004.

Philip Coach awards

• The Haunted Storm - winner of the New Arts Library's Young Writer's Award disintegrate 1972
• Northern Lights - champ of the Carnegie Award oppress 1995
• The Amber Spyglass - winner of the Whitbread Passion in 2002

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