Garth Nix

## About the Author

* **Other Names**: other pen names or real name or both
* **Genres**: Young Adult Fantasy, Children's Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Necromancy
* **Writing Style**:
* **Books:** Garth Nix Books

### Biography

Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia, to the sound of the Salvation Army band outside playing 'Hail the Conquering Hero Comes' or possibly 'Roll Out the Barrel'. Garth left Melbourne at an early age for Canberra (the federal capital) and stayed there till he was nineteen, when he left to drive around the UK in a beat-up Austin with a trunk full of books and a Silver-Reed typewriter.

Despite a wheel literally falling off the Austin, Garth survived to return to Australia and study at the University of Canberra. After finishing his degree in 1986 he worked in a bookshop, then as a book publicist, a publisher's sales representative, and editor. Along the way he was also a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve, serving in an Assault Pioneer platoon for four years. Garth left publishing to work as a public relations and marketing consultant from 1994-1997, till he became a full-time writer in 1998. He did that for a year before becoming a part-time literary agent in 1999. In January 2002 Garth went back to writing full time again, despite his belief that full-time writing explains the strange behaviour of many authors.

Garth currently lives in a beach suburb of Sydney, with his wife Anna, a publisher.

## Series

### Old Kingdom series

* Genres:Epic Fantasy, Necromancy
	1. Sabriel (Old Kingdom Book 1) (1996)
	2. Lirael (Old Kingdom Book 2) (2001)
	3. Abhorsen (Old Kingdom Book 3) (2003)
		+ The Creature in the Case (Old Kingdom 3.5) (2005)
	4. Clariel (Old Kingdom Book 4) (2014)
	5. Goldenhand (Old Kingdom Book 5)(2016)
	6. Terciel and Elinor (Old Kingdom Book 0) (2021) - Prequel
	+ To Hold the Bridge (2015)

### Seventh Tower

* Genres: Children's, Magical Adventure series
	1. The Fall (Seventh Tower Book 1) (2000)
	2. Castle (Seventh Tower Book 2) (2000)
	3. Aenir (Seventh Tower Book 3) (2001)
	4. Above The Veil (Seventh Tower Book 4) (2000)
	5. Into Battle (Seventh Tower Book 5) (2000)
	6. The Violet Keystone (Seventh Tower Book 6) (2001)

### The Keys to the Kingdom series

* Genres: YA, Children's, Magical Adventure series
* Theme: 7 days, 7 keys, 7 virtues. 7 sins.
* Series list:
	1. Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom Book 1) (2003)
	2. Grim Tuesday (The Keys to the Kingdom Book 2) (2004)
	3. Drowned Wednesday (The Keys to the Kingdom Book 3) (2005)
	4. Sir Thursday (The Keys to the Kingdom Book 4) (2006)
	5. Lady Friday (The Keys to the Kingdom Book 5) (2007)
	6. Superior Saturday (The Keys to the Kingdom Book 6) (2008)
	7. Lord Sunday (The Keys to the Kingdom Book 7) (2010)

### Troubletwisters series

* Genres: Children's Fantasy & Magic Adventure
* Theme:
* Co-Author: Sean Williams
* Series list:
	1. Troubletwisters (Troubletwisters Book 1) (2011)
	2. The Monster (Troubletwisters Book 2) (2012)
	3. The Mystery (Troubletwisters Book 3) (2013)
	4. The Missing (Troubletwisters Book 4) (2014) aka Missing, Presumed Evil

### Have Sword, Will Travel

* Genres: Children's Fantasy Adventure, Magic, Humorous Fantasy
* Theme: Children find an old "talking" sword
* Co-Author: Sean Williams
* Series list:
	1. Have Sword, Will Travel(Have Sword Will Travel Book 1) (2017)
	2. Let Sleeping Dragons Lie(Have Sword Will Travel Book 2) (2018)

### Left-Handed Booksellers of London series

* Genres: Alt History, Urban Fantasy
* Theme: Book Sellers in London fight the evil from the "Old World"
* Series list:
	1. The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (2020)
	2. The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (2023)

## Other Works

### Novels

* The Ragwitch (1991)
* Shade's Children (1997)
* A Confusion of Princes (2012)
* Newt's Emerald (2015)
* Frogkisser! (2017)
* Angel Mage (2019)

### Series contributed to

* The Calusari (X-Files Book 1) (1997)
* Blood Ties (Spirit Animals Book 3) (2014) (Co-Author: Sean Williams)

### Novellas

* Fire Above, Fire Below (2013)
* The Case of the Somewhat Mythic Sword (2020)
* Dislocation Space (2020)
* The Necessary Arthur (2020)