![]() ![]() The Owl Service was also made into an 8 episode TV series. It won both the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal and established him as one of the UK’s leading writers. His fourth book, The Owl Service (1968), was also aimed at children. ![]() However he has also written acclaimed novels that are aimed at adults such as Thursbitch (2003). His first three books - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, The Moon of Gomrath and Elidor – were fantasy, and marketed for children. He is particularly interested in the language of the area (which he describes as ‘North-West Mercian Middle English’) and has tried to reproduce its cadences in modern English. ![]() His inspiration has come from Alderley Edge’s history, mythology and archaeology and from his own local explorations. Many of his works, including The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath, and more recently Thursbitch draw on the legends and geography of Alderley Edge. ![]() His family roots are in Cheshire where he was born, and the area around Alderley Edge where he lives now, and that area has greatly influenced his writing. Alan Garner is a prize winning author whose novels are not only firmly established as classics of English literature but are also loved and treasured by both children and adults. ![]()
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