He has won many awards for his children’s books, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Book Award, the Smarties Prize, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and a CBE. THE RUBY IN THE SMOKE, the first of the Sally Lockhart quartet of Victorian thrillers, was published in 1985. He worked as a teacher for many years and his first children’s novel, COUNT KARLSTEIN, came out in 1982. Philip Pullman was born in Norwich, England in 1946 and grew up in Zimbabwe and Wales. The second book in the series, THE SECRET COMMONWEALTH, publishes 3rd october 2019. Published by Penguin Random and David Fickling Books in October 2017, LA BELLE SAUVAGE has since been named Waterstone's Book of the Year. His wide-ranging body of work encompasses books for both adults and children, but he is best-known for the unparalleled achievement that is HIS DARK MATERIALS and the eagerly awaited sequel, LA BELLE SAUVAGE, the first volume in Pullman's new series THE BOOK OF DUST. The Lord of Dust, creator of daemons and spinner of the finest fairy tales, Philip Pullman is one of the world’s greatest and most influential storytellers.
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