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'{{Short description|Australian fantasy writer (born 1963)}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Garth Nix'''''Bold text''''' | image = Garth Nix at Comic Con, 2014, cropped.jpeg | imagesize = 250px | caption = Nix at the 2014 [[Comic Con]] | pseudonym = | birth_name = Garth Richard Nix | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1963|7|19}} | birth_place = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Writer | nationality = Australian | years_active = 1990–present | genre = Fantasy | subject = <!-- nonfiction if pertinent --> | movement = | signature = | website = {{URL|garthnix.com}} }} '''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 (book series)|Old Kingdom]]'', ''[[The Seventh Tower|Seventh Tower]]'' and ''[[The Keys to the Kingdom|Keys to the Kingdom]]'' series. He has frequently been asked if his name is a pseudonym, to which he has responded, "I guess people ask me because it sounds like the perfect name for a writer of fantasy. However, it is my real name."<ref>{{cite book |last1= Nix |first1= Garth |title= Across the Wall |year= 2007 |publisher= Harper Collins |isbn= 978-0-00-722146-2}}</ref> ==Biography== Born in Melbourne, Nix was raised in Canberra.<ref name=austlit/> He attended Turner Primary School, Lyneham High School and [[Dickson College]] for schooling. While at Dickson College, Nix joined the Australian Army Reserve.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.garthnix.com/garthnix.html |title=Something about Garth Nix |first1=Garth|last1=Nix|publisher=Garth Nix |access-date=14 March 2008|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723105106/http://www.garthnix.com/garthnix.html |archive-date=23 July 2008}}</ref> After a period working for the Australian government, he traveled in Europe before returning to Australia in 1983 and undertaking a BA in professional writing at [[Canberra University]]. He worked in a Canberra bookshop after graduation, before moving to Sydney in 1987, where he worked his way up in the publishing field. He was a sales rep and publicist before becoming a senior editor at [[HarperCollins]]. In 1993 he commenced further travel in Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe before becoming a marketing consultant, founding his own company, Gotley Nix Evans Pty Ltd. From 1999 to 2002 he worked as a literary agent with Curtis Brown (Australia) Pty Ltd before becoming a full-time author.<ref name="MUPp134">{{cite book | last1 = Collins| first1 = Paul | author2 = Steven Paulsen |author3 = Sean McMullen | title = The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy | publisher = Melbourne University Press | page = 134 | year = 1998 | location = Melbourne | isbn = 0-522-84771-4}}</ref> In addition to his work as a fantasy novelist, Nix has written a number of scenarios and articles for the role playing field, including those for ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' and ''[[Traveller (role-playing game)|Traveller]]''. These have appeared in related publications such as ''[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]]'', ''[[Multiverse]]'' and ''[[Breakout!]]''. He has also written case studies, articles and news items in the information technology field, his work appearing in publications such as ''[[Computerworld]]'' and ''[[PC World (magazine)|PCWorld]]''.<ref name="MUPp134" /> Nix currently lives in Sydney with his wife Anna McFarlane, a publisher,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anna McFarlane|url=https://au.linkedin.com/in/anna-mcfarlane-96235a43|website=linkedin}}</ref> and their sons Thomas and Edward. ==Bibliography== ===Very Clever Baby=== The series was self-published and republished by Text Media in Melbourne. Described as books for "Very Clever Babies Aged 3–6 Months", they contain such words as [[Ichthyology|ichthyologist]], as used by the character Freddy the Fish. * ''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''==== {{main|Old Kingdom (book series)}} =====Novels===== * ''[[Sabriel]]'' (1995) * ''[[Lirael]]'' (2001) * ''[[Abhorsen]]'' (2003) * ''[[Clariel]]'' (2014) * ''[[Goldenhand]]'' (2016) * ''[[Terciel and Elinor]]'' (2021) =====Short fiction===== * "Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case" (2005). A novella produced for [[World Book Day]] and originally entitled "The Creature in the Cave". Reprinted under the new title in the collection ''[[Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories]]''.) * "The Nine Gates of Death: An Extract of the Journal of Idrach the Lesser Necromancer" (2009). A short story released on oldkingdom.com.au<ref name="oldkingdom.com.au">{{Cite web|url=http://oldkingdom.com.au/extras_ninegates.html|title=oldkingdom.com.au – The Nine Gates of Death: An Extract of the Journal of Idrach the Lesser Necromancer|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref> * "An Essay on Free Magic". Short text released on the Old Kingdom website. * "To Hold the Bridge". A novella original published in the ''Legends of Australian Fantasy'' anthology edited by Jack Dann and Jonathan Strahan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insideadog.com.au/residence/ |title=residence |publisher=Inside A Dog }}</ref> Reprinted in the collection ''To Hold the Bridge''. * "Doctor Crake Crosses the Wall". Short story included in the Australian edition of Goldenhand, also published on the official Australian Old Kingdom website. =====Omnibus===== * ''The Old Kingdom Chronicles'' (''The Abhorsen Chronicles'' in the United States) (2009). This contained the first three Abhorsen books and "The Creature in the Case". ====The Seventh Tower==== {{main|The Seventh Tower}} # ''[[The Fall (Garth Nix novel)|The Fall]]'' (2000) # ''[[Castle (novel)|Castle]]'' (2000) # ''[[Aenir]]'' (2001) # ''[[Above the Veil]]'' (2001) # ''[[Into Battle (novel)|Into Battle]]'' (2001) # ''[[The Violet Keystone]]'' (2001) ====The Keys to the Kingdom==== {{main|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)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nix |first=Garth |date=2022-06-15 |title=The Sinister Booksellers of Bath |url=https://twitter.com/garthnix/status/1536981016031932417 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> ====Troubletwisters (co-written with [[Sean Williams (author)|Sean Williams]])==== {{main|Troubletwisters Series}} # ''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==== * ''Spirit Animals Book 3: Blood Ties'' (2014, with [[Sean Williams (author)|Sean Williams]]) ====''Aussie Bites''==== * ''Serena and the Sea Serpent'' (2000), part of ''Aussie Bites'' series ====''The X-Files'' (young adult series)==== * ''The Calusari'' (1997), an adaptation of the ''X-Files'' episode of the same name ===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 ===Works for adults=== ====Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz==== # 2007 "[[Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War Again]]", in ''Jim Baen's Universe'' # 2008 "Beyond the Sea Gate of the Scholar-Pirates of Sarsköe", in ''Fast Ships, Black Sails'' edited by [[Jeff Vandermeer]] and [[Ann Vandermeer]] # 2010 "A Suitable Present for a Sorcerous Puppet", in ''Swords and Dark Magic'', edited by [[Lou Anders]] and [[Jonathan Strahan]] # 2013 "Losing Her Divinity", in ''Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales'', edited by [[Melissa Marr]] and [[Tim Pratt]] # 2014 "A Cargo of Ivories", in ''[[Rogues (anthology)|Rogues]]'', edited by [[George R. R. Martin]] and [[Gardner Dozois]] # 2014 "Home is the Haunter", in ''Fearsome Magics'', edited by [[Jonathan Strahan]] # 2017 "A Long, Cold Trail", in ''The Book of Swords'', edited by [[Gardner Dozois]] # 2020 "Cut me Another Quill, Mister Fitz", in ''The Book of Dragons'' , edited by [[Jonathan Strahan]] * The first three stories are collected in ''Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Three Adventures'' (2011). ===Short fiction=== ==== Collections ==== * 2007 ''One Beastly Beast: Two Aliens, Three Inventors, Four Fantastic Tales'' - a book of short stories for younger readers ** "Serena and the Sea" ** "Bill the Inventor" ** "Blackbread the Pirate" ** "The Princess and the Beastly Beast" * 2005 ''[[Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories]]'' ** 2005 "Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case" (published for World Book Day) ** 2001 "Under the Lake" (from ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'') ** 2005 "Charlie Rabbit" (from ''Kids' Night In'' collected for War Child) ** 1996 "From the Lighthouse" (from ''Fantastic Worlds'' anthology edited by [[Paul Collins (fantasy writer)|Paul Collins]]) ** 2001 "The Hill" (from ''X-Changes: Stories for a New Century'') ** 2001 "Lightning Bringer" (from ''Love & Sex'' anthology edited by [[Michael Cart]]) ** 1987 "Down to the Scum Quarter" (from''Myths and Legends'', reprinted in''Breakout!'' magazine in 1988) ** 2002 "Heart's Desire" (from ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'') ** 2000 "Hansel's Eyes" (from ''A Wolf at the Door'' anthology edited by [[Ellen Datlow]] and [[Terri Windling]]) ** 2003 "Hope Chest" (from ''Firebirds'' anthology edited by [[Sharyn November]]) ** 1999 "My New Really Epic Fantasy Series" (from Swancon Program Book) ** 2000 "Three Roses" (from ''Eidolon'' magazine, Autumn 2000) ** 2004 "Endings" (from ''Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales'' anthology edited by [[Deborah Noyes]]) * 2015 ''To Hold the Bridge'' ** 2010 "To Hold the Bridge: An Old Kingdom Story" (from''Legends of Australian Fantasy'' anthology, edited by [[Jack Dann]] and [[Jonathan Strahan]]) ** 2011 "Vampire Weather" (from ''Teeth'' anthology, edited by [[Ellen Datlow]] and [[Terri Windling]]) ** 2008 "Strange Fishing in the Western Highlands" (from ''Hellboy: Oddest Jobs'', edited by [[Christopher Golden]]_ ** 2008 "Old Friends" (from ''Dreaming Again'' anthology, edited by [[Jack Dann]]) ** 2011 "The Quiet Knight" (from ''Geektastic'' anthology edited by [[Holly Black]] and [[Cecil Castellucci]]) ** 2012 "You Won't Feel a Thing" (from ''After'' anthology edited by [[Ellen Datlow]] and [[Terri Windling]]) ** 2012 "A Handful of Ashes" (from ''Under My Hat'' anthology, edited by [[Jonathan Strahan]]) ** 2012 "The Big Question" (from ''Elsewhere'', Edinburgh Festival Special) ** 2009 "Stop!" (from ''The Dragon Book'' anthology edited by [[Jack Dann]] and [[Gardner Dozois]]) ** 2008 "Infestation" (from ''The Starry Rift'' anthology edited by [[Jonathan Strahan]]) ** 2011 "The Heart of the City" (from ''Subterranean Online'' magazine) ** "Ambrose and the Ancient Spirits of East and West" (from ''The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities'' anthology edited by [[Ann Vandermeer]] and [[Jeff Vandermeer]]) ** 2007 "Holly and Iron" (from ''Wizards'' anthology, edited by [[Jack Dann]] and [[Gardner Dozois]]) ** 2011 "The Curious Case of the Moondawn Daffodils Murder: As Experienced by Sir Magnus Holmes and Almost-Doctor Susan Shrike" (from ''Ghosts by Gaslight'' anthology edited by [[Jack Dann]] and [[Nick Gevers]]) ** 2009 "An Unwelcome Guest" (from ''Troll's-Eye View'' anthology edited by [[Ellen Datlow]] and [[Terri Windling]]) ** 2010 "The Highest Justice" (from ''Zombies vs. Unicorns'' anthology edited by [[Holly Black]] and [[Justine Larbalestier]]) ** 2012 "Master Haddad's Holiday" (a bonus story from the Australian printing of ''A Confusion of Princes'') ** 2012 "Sidekick of Mars" (originally from the ''Under the Moons of Mars'' anthology edited by [[John Joseph Adams]]) ** 2011 "Peace in Our Time" (originally from the ''Steampunk!'' anthology edited by [[Kelly Link]] and [[Gavin J. Grant]]) * 2011 ''Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Three Adventures'' ** 2007 "Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go To War Again" (from ''Jim Baen's Universe'') ** 2008 "Beyond the Sea Gate of the Scholar-Pirates of Sarsköe" (from ''Fast Ships, Black Sails'' anthology edited by [[Jeff Vandermeer|Jeff]] and [[Ann Vandermeer]]) ** 2010 "'A Suitable Present for a Sorcerous Puppet'" (from ''[[Swords and Dark Magic]]'' anthology edited by [[Lou Anders]] and [[Jonathan Strahan]]) === Uncollected stories === * 1984 "Sam, Cars and the Cuckoo" in ''[[Warlock (magazine)|Warlock]]'' magazine no. 2 * 1996 "The Kind Old Sun Will Know" first published in ''Eidolon'' magazine * 2005 "Read It in the Headlines!" in ''[[Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales]]'', edited by [[Rob Hood|Robert Hood]] and [[Robin Pen]] * 2006 "Dog Soldier" first published in ''Jim Baen's Universe'', 2006 * 2007 "Bad Luck, Trouble, Death and Vampire Sex" first published in ''Eclipse'', edited by [[Jonathan Strahan]] * 2009 "The Nine Gates of Death: An Extract of the Journal of Idrach the Lesser Necromancer" – first published on oldkingdom.com.au<ref name="oldkingdom.com.au"/> * 2010 "The Highest Justice" in ''Zombies vs. Unicorns'', edited by [[Justine Larbalestier]] and [[Holly Black]] * 2013 "Crossing the Line" first published in ''Fearie Tales'', edited by [[Stephen Jones (author)|Stephen Jones]] * 2013 "Fire Above, Fire Below" first published by Tor.com<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-05-08 |title=Fire Above, Fire Below |url=https://www.tor.com/2013/05/08/fire-above-fire-below/ |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=Tor.com |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2014 "Shay Corsham Worsted" first published in ''Fearful Symmetries'', edited by [[Ellen Datlow]] * 2014 "Happy Go Lucky" first published in ''Kaleidoscope'', edited by [[Alisa Krasnostein]] and [[Julia Rios]] * 2015 "By Frogsled and Lizardback to Outcast Venusian Lepers" in ''[[Old Venus]]'', edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois<ref name="GRRM 2014-06">{{cite web|url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/374059.html?thread=19204907 |title=Not A Blog: ''Venus'' In March |first1=George R. R. |last1=Martin |author-link=George R. R. Martin |date=19 June 2014 |website=GRRM.livejournal.com |access-date=27 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821044623/http://grrm.livejournal.com/374059.html?thread=19204907 |archive-date=21 August 2014 }}</ref> * 2019 "Dislocation Space" first published by Tor.com<ref>{{cite web |title=Dislocation Space |url=https://www.tor.com/2019/12/11/dislocation-space-garth-nix/ |website=Tor.com |date=11 December 2019 |publisher=Tor}}</ref> * 2020 "The Case of the Somewhat Mythic Sword" first published by Tor.com<ref>{{cite web |title=The Case of the Somewhat Mythic Sword |url=https://www.tor.com/2020/01/29/the-case-of-the-somewhat-mythic-sword-garth-nix/ |website=Tor.com |date=29 January 2020 |publisher=Tor}}</ref> * 2020 "The Necessary Arthur" first published by Tor.com<ref>{{cite web |title=The Necessary Arthur |url=https://www.tor.com/2020/07/08/the-necessary-arthur-garth-nix/ |website=Tor.com |publisher=Tor |date=8 July 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist|colwidth=25em |refs= <ref name=austlit> [http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A7425 "Garth Nix"]. AUSTLIT (austlit.edu.au). Retrieved 2014-08-02.</ref> }} ==External links== {{commons|Garth Nix}} {{wikiquote}} * {{official website}} * [http://bookbanter.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/bookbanter-episode-with-garth-nix/ Interview by ''BookBanter''] * {{isfdb name|2237}} * [http://www.oldkingdom.com.au/ The Old Kingdom Chronicles] (official) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110930064222/http://www.keystothekingdom.com.au/ The Keys to the Kingdom] (official) * [http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an000035633324 Garth Nix] at Libraries Australia Authorities with catalogue search {{subscription}} * {{LCAuth|n96003050|Garth Nix|31|}} {{Garth Nix}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nix, Garth}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Australian children's writers]] [[Category:Australian fantasy writers]] [[Category:The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction people]] [[Category:Writers from Melbourne]] [[Category:People educated at Dickson College]] [[Category:Australian male novelists]]'