Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Chudley Alexanderwas a widely influential American author of more than forty books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. His most famous work is The Chronicles of Prydain, a series of five high fantasy novels whose conclusion, The High King, was awarded the 1969 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature. He won U.S. National Book Awards in 1971 and 1982...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth30 January 1924
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.
If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.
After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.
What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.
Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
That is why your sacrifice was all the more difficult. You chose to be a hero not through enchantment but through your own manhood.
My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
Do you not believe that animals know grief and fear and pain? The world of men is not an easy one for them.
He [the cat] liked to peep into the refrigerator and risk having his head shut in by the closing door. He also climbed to the top of the stove, discontinuing the practice after he singed his tail.
The muse in charge of fantasy wears good, sensible shoes.
Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.
Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
I loved all the world's mythologies.
Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.