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Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 2007) was an American author of more than 40 books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. Over his seven-decade career, Alexander wrote 48 books, and his work has been translated into 20 languages. [1]
Lloyd Alexander is perhaps best known for the series Chronicles of Prydain. The series focuses on five books, starting with The Book of Three published in 1964 and ending with The High King, published in 1968.
May 17, 2007 · Lloyd Chudley Alexander was an influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books. His most famous contribution to the field of children's literature is the fantasy series The Chronicles of Prydain .
Lloyd Alexander has 106 books on Goodreads with 870438 ratings. Lloyd Alexander’s most popular book is The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1).
The Chronicles of Prydain is a pentalogy of children's high fantasy Bildungsroman novels written by American author Lloyd Alexander and published by Henry Holt and Company. The series includes: The Book of Three (1964), The Black Cauldron (1965), The Castle of Llyr (1966), Taran Wanderer (1967), and The High King (1968).
May 19, 2007 · The author of more than 40 books, Mr. Alexander was best known for the five novels collectively called “The Prydain Chronicles,” published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston between 1964 and 1968.
The Chronicles of Prydain Series. 6 primary works • 12 total works. The Chronicles of Prydain, based on Welsh mythology, have become the standard of excellence in fantasy literature for children.
Born on January 30, 1924, in Philadelphia, storyteller Lloyd Alexander spent his childhood filling his imagination with fantasies about other lands and eras. For ten years of his writing career, Alexander wrote for adults, then changed gears and wrote fiction for young people.
