Garth Richard Nix (born 19 July 1963) is an Australian writer who specialises in children’s and young adult fantasy novels, notably the Old Kingdom, Seventh Tower and Keys to the Kingdom series.
Books in order of publication:
Very Clever Baby
Very Clever Baby’s First Reader (1988)
Very Clever Baby’s Ben Hur (1988)
Very Clever Baby’s Guide to the Greenhouse Effect (1992)
Very Clever Baby’s First Christmas (1998)
Young adult and children’s literature
The Old Kingdom Novels
Sabriel (1995)
Lirael (2001)
Abhorsen (2003)
Clariel (2014)
Goldenhand (2016)
Terciel and Elinor (2021)
The Seventh Tower
The Fall (2000)
Castle (2000)
Aenir (2001)
Above the Veil (2001)
Into Battle (2001)
The Violet Keystone (2001)
The Keys to the Kingdom
Mister Monday (2003)
Grim Tuesday (2004)
Drowned Wednesday (2005)
Sir Thursday (2006)
Lady Friday (2007)
Superior Saturday (2008)
Lord Sunday (2010)
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (2020)
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (2023)
Troubletwisters (co-written with Sean Williams)
Troubletwisters (2011)
The Monster (2012)
The Mystery (2013)
The Missing (2014)
Have Sword, Will Travel (co-written with Sean Williams)
Have Sword, Will Travel (2017)
Let Sleeping Dragons Lie (2018)
Works in multi-author series
Spirit Animals Book 3: Blood Ties (2014, with Sean Williams)
Serena and the Sea Serpent (2000), part of Aussie Bites series
Collection
2007 One Beastly Beast: Two Aliens, Three Inventors, Four Fantastic Tales – a book of short stories for younger readers
“Serena and the Sea Serpent”
“Bill the Inventor”
“Blackbread the Pirate”
Standalone novels
The Ragwitch (1990), a children’s fantasy novel
Shade’s Children (1997)
A Confusion of Princes (2012), a young adult space opera novel
Newt’s Emerald (2015), a fantasy romance
Frogkisser! (2017), a children’s fantasy novel
Angel Mage (2019), a young adult fantasy sci-fi novel
We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord (2024)
Novels
The Calusari (1997), an adaptation of the X-Files episode of the same name
The Massif (forthcoming), an epic sci-fi novel
Oak Lawn Library Friends 