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Richard Adams

(Richard George Adams)

(1920 - 2016)

Richard Adams was born in Berkshire, England, in 1920, and studied history at Bradfield and Worcester College, Oxford. He was the author of nineteen books, including the bestselling and award-winning Watership Down, his first book.

Awards: Carnegie (1973) see all

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy

Series

Beklan Empire
1. Maia (1984)
2. Shardik (1974)

Novels

   Watership Down (1972)
   The Tyger Voyage (1976)
   The Plague Dogs (1977)
   The Girl in a Swing (1980)
   The Legend of Te Tuna (1982)
   Traveller (1988)
   The Outlandish Knight (1999)
   Daniel (2006)

Collections

   The Iron Wolf (1980)
     aka The Unbroken Web
   Tales from Watership Down (1996)

Anthologies edited

Sinister And Supernatural Stories (1978)
Richard Adams's Favourite Animal Stories (1981)

Picture Books show

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Richard Adams

Stories: All-New Tales (2008)
edited by
Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio

Shivers for Christmas (1995)
edited by
Richard Dalby

Sinister And Supernatural Stories (1978)
edited by
Richard Adams

More books

Awards

1973 Carnegie Medal : Watership Down

Award nominations

	1985 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Maia
	1975 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (nominee) : Watership Down
	1975 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Shardik

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