All three books of Philip Pullman's award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass)

Philip Pullman has won many distinguished prizes, including the Carnegie Medal for The Golden Compass (and the reader-voted "Carnegie of Carnegies" for the best children's book of the past seventy years); the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year Award for The Amber Spyglass; a Booker Prize long-list nomination (The Amber Spyglass); Parents' Choice Gold Awards (The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass); and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, in honor of his body of work. In 2004, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Philip Pullman is the author of many books for young readers, including two volumes related to the His Dark Materials trilogy: Lyra's Oxford and Once Upon a Time in the North. He lives in Oxford, England.

菲利普·普爾曼（Philip Pullman， 1946－），20世紀以來最重要的英國童書作傢之一。畢業於牛津大學，曾任西敏學院兼任講師，教授維多利亞時期文學與民間故事，目前與傢人住在英國，專事寫作。除瞭青少年小說外，也撰寫劇本與圖畫書。

他擅長采集童話、傳說與類型故事元素，揉閤當代議題與驚人的幽默感。以英國維多利亞時代為背景的「英倫懸疑四部麯」（《紅寶石迷霧》、《北方之星》、《井底之虎》、《锡公主》），便編織瞭社會寫實、驚悚冒險、超自然元素、蒸汽幻想等多元類型風格，人物性格鮮明，情節麯摺緊湊，更跳脫成人與兒童的分界，廣受好評，也奠定他在長篇小說寫作上的地位。同時此套小說也成為之後國際級暢銷經典「黑暗元素三部麯」的寫作基調。他的珠玉小品故事，如《發條鍾》、《我是老鼠！》與《卡斯坦伯爵》等，也精湛地發揮瞭揉閤編織的功力，故事雖短，文本層次豐富而有餘韻，是短篇故事的翹楚之作。