Alan Garner spent his early childhood in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, and he remains associated with the area. Many of his works are drawn from local legends and locations. Such works include The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, The Moon of Gomrath, and The Owl Service. He attended Manchester Grammar School (where a library is named after him) and studied classics at Oxford. His early books were fantasy, marketed for children, though he was not ever comfortable with being labeled simply as a "children's writer", saying he had no intention one way or the other about wri… read more
Alan Garner spent his early childhood in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, and he remains associated with the area. Many of his works are drawn from local legends and locations. Such works include The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, The Moon of Gomrath, and The Owl Service. He attended Manchester … read more
Alan Garner spent his early childhood in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, and he remains associated with the area. Many of his works are drawn from local legends and locations. Such works include The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, The Moon of Gomrath, and The Owl Service. He attended Manchester Grammar School (where a library is named after him) and studied classics… read more
