We were fortunate to be able to put the following questions to Garth Nix: The Old Kingdom series has garnered a huge global following and for fans and newcomers alike, Clariel provides a welcome glimpse of the world of the Old Kingdom. Garth Nix returns to his bestselling Old Kingdom series with a prequel, CLARIEL, which introduces the character Chlorr of the Mask who we meet in a later book, Lirael. Garth Nix currently lives in Sydney with his family (and lots of books). Today, his books are published around the world and have been translated into 36 languages. He has been a full-time writer since 2002.

After further travels in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia in 1993, he set up his own PR company Gotley Nix Evans Pty, before joining Curtis Brown, an Australian literary agency, in 1999 as a part-time agent. In 1991 he became a senior editor at HarperCollins. He worked in a Canberra bookshop after graduation, before moving to Sydney in 1987, where he worked his way up in the publishing field, first as a sales rep and then publicist. After a period working for the Australian Government, Nix traveled in Europe before returning to Australia in 1983 and beginning his writing career with a BA in professional writing at the University of Canberra (1984-86). Garth Nix is an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adult fantasy novels, notably the Old Kingdom series, The Seventh Tower series, and The Keys to the Kingdom series.īorn in Melbourne, Nix was raised in Canberra.

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