Alan Garner

Alan Garner is the author of award-winning science fiction, fantasy, and Children’s books. He’s popularly known for his children’s fantasy novels and his skill of retelling traditional British folk stories.

Most of his work is based on the landscape, history, and folklore of his native county of Cheshire. Alan was born in Cheshire and raised around the nearby town of Alderley Edge, where he gained an early interest in the region’s folklore.

He studied at Manchester Grammar school and later Oxford University in 1957. His debut novel, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, was published in 1960.

Books in order of publication:

The Stone Book Quartet Books

The Stone Book	(1976)
Granny Reardun	(1977)
Tom Fobble’s Day	(1977)
The Aimer Gate	(1978)

Tales of Alderley Books

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen	(1960)
The Moon of Gomrath	(1963)
Boneland	(2012)

Standalone Novels

Elidor	(1965)
The Owl Service	(1967)
Red Shift	(1973)
The Golden Brothers	(1979)
Girl of the Golden Gate	(1979)
The Lad of the Gad	(1980)
Once Upon a Time	(1993)
Strandloper	(1996)
The Well of the Wind	(1998)
Thursbitch	(2003)
Treacle Walker	(2021)

Chapbooks

Princess and the Golden Mane	(1981)
Jack and the Beanstalk	(1992)
Grey Wolf, Prince Jack and the Firebird	(1998)

Picture Books

The Breadhorse	(1975)
The Little Red Hen	(1997)

Collections

The Guizer	(1975)
Fairytales of Gold	(1979)
Alan Garner’s Book of British Fairy Tales	(1984)
A Bag of Moonshine	(1986)

Non-Fiction Books

The Voice That Thunders	(1998)
Where Shall We Run To?	(2011)

Anthologies

A Cavalcade of Goblins	(1969)
Baker’s Dozen of Stories for Young People	(1974)
Over the Rainbow	(1983)
A Treasury of Witches and Wizards	(1996)
Freedom	(2009)
The Lobster’s Birthday and Other Stories	(2014)
Arboreal of Words from the Woods	(2016)