Nix, Garth
Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia. A full-time writer since 2001, he has worked as a literary agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book sales representative, bookseller, and as a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve. Garth's books include the award-winning Old Kingdom fantasy novels Sabriel , Lirael, Abhorsen , and Clariel , and most recently, Goldenhand . He has also written the science fiction novels Shade's Children and A Confusion of Princes . His fantasy novels for children include The Ragwitch ; the six books of The Seventh Tower sequence; The Keys to the Kingdom series; and with Sean Williams, the Troubletwisters books and Spirit Animals: Blood Ties .

More than five million copies of Garth's books have been sold around the world, his books have appeared on the bestseller lists of the New York Times , Publishers Weekly , and the Guardian , and his work has been translated into 40 languages. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Follow Garth on twitter at @garthnix or at www.garthnix.com