Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English novelist whose works include Watership Down, Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He studied modern history at Oxford before serving in the British Army during World War II. After completing his studies, he joined the British Civil Service. In 1974, two years after Watership Down was published, Adams became a full-time author.
Books in order of publication:
Watership Down (1972)
Shardik (1974)
Nature Through the Seasons (1975)
The Tyger Voyage (1976)
The Plague Dogs (1977)
The Ship’s Cat (1977, text of picture book illustrated by Alan Aldridge)
Nature Day and Night (1978)
The Girl in a Swing (1980)
The Iron Wolf and Other Stories (1980), published in the US as The Unbroken Web: Stories and Fables. Color Illustrations by Yvonne Gilbert, b&w illustrations by Jennifer Campbell.
The Legend of Te Tuna (1982), Sylvester & Orphanos
Voyage Through the Antarctic (1982 with Ronald Lockley), Allen Lane
Maia (1984)
A Nature Diary (1985)
The Bureaucats (1985)
Traveller (1988)
The Day Gone By (autobiography) (1990)
Tales from Watership Down (collection of linked stories) (1996)
The Outlandish Knight (1999)
Daniel (2006)
“Leopard Aware” in Gentle Footprints (2010)
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