- Alan Garner was born on October 17, 1934 in Congleton, Cheshire, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Spooky (1983), Leap in the Dark (1973) and Elidor (1995). He has been married to Griselda Greaves since 1972. They have two children. He was previously married to Ann Cook.
- SpousesGriselda Greaves(1972 - present) (2 children)Ann Cook(1956 - ?) (divorced, 3 children)
- He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 2001.
- Has won the Guardian Award, the Carnegie Medal, the Phoenix Award and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for his fiction, as well as the Chicago International Film Festival 1st Prize for his educational film "Images."
- After a severe emotional period during the filming of The Owl Service (1969), he was diagnosed with manic depression.
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 134, pages 166-170. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- Children from first marriage: Adam, Ellen, Katharine; second marriage: Joseph Elizabeth.
- "I try to write onions." (on the layeredness of his fiction)
- If the other fellow can do it, let him.
- [Owl Service frontispiece, quoting the Radio Times] Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the consequences of their selfishness.
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