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Philip Pullman

Pullman, Philip

October 19, 1946 (age 79)

Birth place: Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK

57 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
October 1979 124 Review Galatea Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, October 1979
October 1991 57 Review Spring-Heeled Jack Locus, #369 October 1991
May 1996 57 Review The Golden Compass Locus, #424 May 1996
August 1996 53 Review The Golden Compass Interzone, August 1996
August 1996 10 Review The Golden Compass Realms of Fantasy, August 1996
January 1997 20 Review The Golden Compass The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1997
August 1997 29 Review The Subtle Knife Locus, #439 August 1997
September 1997 Review The Subtle Knife SF Site, September 1997
October 1997 |1 Review The Golden Compass First Impressions, Installment Thirty-Three
October 1997 |2 Review The Subtle Knife First Impressions, Installment Thirty-Three
December 1997 28 Review The Subtle Knife The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1997
December 1997 61 Review The Subtle Knife Dragon Magazine, December 1997
1998 Review The Golden Compass Nova Express, Fall-Winter 1998
1998 Review The Subtle Knife Nova Express, Fall-Winter 1998
February 1998 14 Review The Golden Compass The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 1998
February 1998 16 Review The Subtle Knife Realms of Fantasy, February 1998
June 1998 Review The Subtle Knife SF Site, June 1998
November 1998 Review Count Karlstein SF Site, Mid-November 1998
November 1998 21 Review The Subtle Knife The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1998
August 1999 48 Review Clockwork The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1999
September 1999 25 Review I Was a Rat! ... or the Scarlet Slippers Locus, #464 September 1999
June 2000 61 Review The Firework-Maker's Daughter Locus, #473 June 2000
November 2000 25 Interview "A Tale Which Holdeth Children from Play" Interzone, November 2000
November 2000 25 Review The Amber Spyglass Locus, #478 November 2000
December 2000 8 Interview Philip Pullman: Storming Heaven Locus, #479 December 2000
December 2000 52 Review The Amber Spyglass Interzone, December 2000
2001 19 Interview Mary O'Keefe Talks to Philip Pullman Scheherazade 21
April 2001 26 Review The Amber Spyglass The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2001
June 2001 Review The Amber Spyglass Realms of Fantasy, June 2001
July 2001 136 Review The Amber Spyglass Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2001
November 2001 66 Review The Amber Spyglass Fables and Reflections, Issue #1
August 2002 61 Review The Ruby in the Smoke (Audio) Interzone, August 2002
November 2002 57 Review The Shadow in the North (Audio) Interzone, November-December 2002
December 2002 28 Essay Eclectica: The Republic of Heaven 3SF #2, December 2002
December 2003 Review Spring-Heeled Jack Realms of Fantasy, December 2003
April 2004 31 Review Lyra's Oxford The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2004
September 2004 30 Review Lyra's Oxford Vector 237
January 2005 21 Review The Golden Compass (aka, The Northern Lights) Deep Magic, #32, January 2005
April 2005 20 Review The Subtle Knife Deep Magic, #35, April 2005
August 2005 60 Review Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp Locus, #535 August 2005
February 2008 |22 Review Northern Lights AntipodeanSF, February 2008
June 2008 57 Review Once Upon a Time in the North Locus, #569 June 2008
April 2011 17 Review The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ BFS Journal, Spring 2011
November 2012 17 Review Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version Locus, #622 November 2012
November 2012 61 Review Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2012
January 2013 Review Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version Strange Horizons, 21 January 2013
March 2013 |5 Interview Interview: Philip Pullman Lightspeed, March 2013
2014 Review His Dark Materials Holdfast, #2
April 2015 48|48.1 Review The Collectors Locus, #651 April 2015
November 2017 |2.2 Review La Belle Sauvage Strange Horizons, 20 November 2017
October 2018 19 Review His Dark Materials The New York Times Book Review, October 28, 2018
November 2020 30|30.1 Review Serpentine The New York Times Book Review, November 8, 2020
September 2025 16|16.2 Review The Rose Field The New York Times Book Review, September 9, 2025
September 2025 16|16.1 Review The Secret Commonwealth The New York Times Book Review, September 9, 2025
October 2025 3 Review The Rose Field The Daily Telegraph, 23 October 2025
November 2025 12 Interview Profile / Philip Pullman The New York Times Book Review, November 2, 2025
November 2025 13 Review The Rose Field The New York Times Book Review, November 2, 2025

44 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1978 Novel Galatea Philip Pullman
1982 Novel Count Karlstein Philip Pullman
1985 Novel The Ruby in the Smoke Philip Pullman
1986 Novel The Shadow in the Plate Philip Pullman
1989 Novel Spring-Heeled Jack Philip Pullman
1989 Novel The Shadow in the North Philip Pullman
1992 Novel The Tiger in the Well Philip Pullman
1992 Novel The White Mercedes Philip Pullman
1995 Novel Northern Lights Philip Pullman
1995 Novel The Firework-Maker's Daughter Philip Pullman
1996 Chapbook Clockwork or All Wound Up Philip Pullman
1996 Novel The Golden Compass Philip Pullman
1997 Novel The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman
1998 Chapbook Clockwork Philip Pullman
1998 Anthology Detective Stories Philip Pullman
1999 Novel I Was a Rat! ... or the Scarlet Slippers Philip Pullman
2000 Omnibus His Dark Materials Philip Pullman
2000 Novel I Was a Rat! Philip Pullman
2000 Novel The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman
2000 Novel The Tin Princess Philip Pullman
2001 Novel The Butterfly Tattoo Philip Pullman
2003 Chapbook Lyra's Oxford Philip Pullman
2004 Novel The Scarecrow and His Servant Philip Pullman
2005 Chapbook Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp Philip Pullman
2008 Novel His Dark Materials Philip Pullman & Nicholas Wright
2008 Chapbook Once Upon a Time in the North Philip Pullman
2009 Novel The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ Philip Pullman
2010 Omnibus Four Tales Philip Pullman
2012 Collection Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version Philip Pullman & Brothers Grimm
2012 Collection Grimm Tales for Young and Old Philip Pullman & Brothers Grimm
2014 Chapbook The Collectors Philip Pullman
2015 Chapbook The Golden Compass (part 1 of 2) Philip Pullman
2016 Chapbook The Golden Compass (part 2 of 2) Philip Pullman
2017 Nonfiction Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling Philip Pullman
2017 Novel La Belle Sauvage Philip Pullman
2017 Novel The Adventures of John Blake: Mystery of the Ghost Ship Philip Pullman
2018 Nonfiction Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling Philip Pullman
2018 Novel I Was a Rat! or The Scarlet Slippers Philip Pullman
2019 Novel The Secret Commonwealth Philip Pullman
2020 Chapbook Serpentine Philip Pullman
2022 Chapbook The Imagination Chamber: Cosmic Rays from Lyra's Universe Philip Pullman
2024 Omnibus The Imagination Chamber / Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling Philip Pullman
2025 Omnibus I Was a Rat! or The Scarlet Slippers / The Scarecrow and His Servant Philip Pullman
2025 Novel The Rose Field Philip Pullman

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1995 Carnegie Medal for Writing Carnegie Medal Northern Lights Winner
1996 British Fantasy Award August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel) Northern Lights Nominee
1997 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Northern Lights Nominee
1998 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel The Subtle Knife Nominee
2000 Carnegie Medal for Writing Carnegie Medal The Amber Spyglass Nominee
2000 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History Best Long Form Alternate History The Amber Spyglass Nominee
2001 British Fantasy Award August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel) The Amber Spyglass Nominee
2001 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel The Amber Spyglass Finalist
2001 World Fantasy Award Best Novel The Amber Spyglass Nominee
2002 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Roman jeunesse Le miroir d'ambre Nominee
2002 Nebula Award Novel The Amber Spyglass Nominee
2004 Carnegie Medal for Writing Carnegie Medal The Scarecrow and His Servant Nominee
2009 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Once Upon a Time in the North Finalist
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Fantasy Novel The Amber Spyglass Nominee
2017 Goodreads Choice Awards Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction La Belle Sauvage Nominee
2018 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Roman jeunesse étranger La Belle Sauvage Nominee
2018 Locus Poll Award Best Young Adult Book La Belle Sauvage Runner-up
2018 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Best Young Adult Book La Belle Sauvage Nominee
2019 Goodreads Choice Awards Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction The Secret Commonwealth Nominee
2020 Locus Poll Award Best Young Adult Book The Secret Commonwealth Finalist
2020 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Best Young Adult Book The Secret Commonwealth Nominee
2021 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Roman jeunesse étranger La Belle Sauvage Winner
2021 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Roman jeunesse étranger La communauté des esprits Winner
2022 Sir Julius Vogel Award Best Fan Writing Serpentine Nominee

Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2011. Finalist for the 2006 Hans Christian Andersen Award.
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