The Firework-Maker's Daughter (Broché)

Biographie de Philip Pullman

A master storyteller' Independent. Philip Pullman was born in l946 in Norwich, Norfolk. He spent a lot of his childhood on board ships, as his father and stepfather were both in the Royal Air Force and his mother and brother seemed to be constantly following them around the world by sea. Philip read English at Oxford University and for a long time he taught in schools before becoming a fulltime writer.
He is now one of our best storytellers. He has written many books for children and has won numerous awards for his work. The Firework-Maker's Daughter was a Gold Medal Smarties prize-winner, Clockwork a Silver Medal Smarties prize-winner, and Northern Lights, the first volume in his trilogy, His Dark Materials, won the Carnegie Medal and was joint winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. His novel The Amber Spyglass was the first ever children's book to win the overall Whitbread Award.
The His Dark Materials trilogy has been made into an acclaimed production at the National Theatre. Philip Pullman lives in Oxford, and is married with two sons.