Lloyd Alexander
"Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it."
So said Lloyd Alexander, author of nearly 40 books. Best-known for his beloved Prydain series, Alexander was born January 30, 1924. Like many children's authors, Alexander struggled in school and did rather poorly.
In 1942, he joined the Army and served in both intelligence and counter-intelligence.
In 1945, he met his wife at the University of Paris.
Upon returning to the United States, Alexander worked for a small magazine doing such myriad jobs as associate editor, cartoonist, advertising, copywriter, and layout artist. He then spent ten years writing for adults before finally starting to write for children in 1963.
Writing for children was "the most creative and liberating experience of my life. In books for young people, I was able to express my own deepest feelings far more than I could ever do in writing for adults." He has enjoyed incredible success as a children's writer, hailed around the world as a master storyteller.
Alexander's awards include the Newbery Medal, the American Book Award and the Pennsylvania Book Lifetime Acheivement Award.
Lloyd Alexander died May 17, 2007, two weeks after the death of his wife of 61 years.
Bibliography
The Prydain Chronicles |
Sebestian |
Time Cat |
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The Black Cauldron |
Aaron Lopez: The Flagship Hope |
August Bondi: Border Hawk |
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Taran Wanderer |
My Five Tigers |
The High King |
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The Truthful Harp |
Vesper Holly Adventures |
Coll and His White Pig |
The Illyrian Adventure |
The Foundling |
The El Dorado Adventure |
The Drackenberg Adventure |
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Young People |
The Jedera Adventure |
The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio |
The Philadelphia Adventure |
Gypsy Rizka |
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The House Gobbaleen |
The Westmark Trilogy |
Westmark |
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The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen |
The Kestrel |
The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha |
The Beggar Queen |
The Town Cats and Other Tales |
The Xanadu Adventure |
The Wizard in the Tree |
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The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man |
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The Four Donkeys |
Fifty Years in the Doghouse |
The King's Fountain |
Park Avenue Vet (co-author) |
The Arkadians |
My Love Affair With Music |
The Cat Who Swallowed Thunder |
Janine is French |
The Gawgon and the Boy |
And Let The Credit Go |
Fantastical Adventures of the Invisible Boy |
Translations |
Dream-of-Jade: The Emporer's Cat |
Nausea by Sartre |
The Wall by Sartre |
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The Sea Rose by Vialar |
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Uninterrupted Poetry |
