Alan Garner

About The Author

Alan Garner is an English novelist, born in Cheshire in 1934. His childhood was spent in Alderley Edge, where his family has lived for more than four hundred years. His book The Owl Service won the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal, and was made into a TV series. It established itself as a contemporary classic and Garner as a writer of distinction. His novel Treacle Walker was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He was awarded the OBE in for his services to literature.

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Books by Alan Garner

Powsels and Thrums

Tales from a Creative Life

By Alan Garner

A lyrical memoir of essays and poems from the Booker shortlisted author of Treacle Walker—a profound reflection on the creative journey and the influences that have shaped one of Britain’s most beloved writers.

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Treacle Walker

By Alan Garner

Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize

An extraordinary, “playful, moving, and wholly remarkable” (The Guardian) coming-of-age novel filled with myth and magic from one of England's greatest living writers.

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