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| birth_place = [[YarrawongaMelbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia

'''Garth Richard Nix''' (born 19 July 1963) is an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adult [[fantasy]] novels, notably the ''[[The Old Kingdom (book series)|Old Kingdom]]'', ''[[The Seventh Tower|Seventh Tower]]'' and ''[[The Keys to the Kingdom|Keys to the Kingdom]]'' series. He has frequently been asked if his name is a pseudonym, to which he has responded, "I guess people ask me because it sounds like the perfect name for a writer of fantasy. However, it is my real name."<ref>{{cite book |last1= Nix |first1= Garth |title= Across the Wall |year= 2007 |publisher= Harper Collins |isbn= 978-0-00-722146-2}}</ref>

Born in Melbourne, Nix was raised in [[Canberra]].<ref name=austlit/> He attended Turner Primary School, [[Lyneham High School]] and [[Dickson College]] for schooling. While at Dickson College, Nix joined the [[Australian Army Reserve]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.garthnix.com/garthnix.html |title=Something about Garth Nix |first1=Garth|last1=Nix|publisher=Garth Nix |access-date=14 March 2008|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723105106/http://www.garthnix.com/garthnix.html |archive-date=23 July 2008}}</ref> After a period working for the Australian government, he traveled in Europe before returning to Australia in 1983 and undertaking a BA in professional writing at [[Canberra University]]. He worked in aof Canberra bookshop after graduation, before moving to Sydney in 1987, where he worked his way up in the publishing field. He was a sales rep and publicist before becoming a senior editor at [[HarperCollins]]. In 1993 he commenced further travel in Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe before becoming a marketing consultant, founding his own company, Gotley Nix Evans Pty Ltd. From 1999 to 2002 he worked as a literary agent with Curtis Brown (Australia) Pty Ltd before becoming a full-time author.<ref name="MUPp134">{{cite book | last1 = Collins| first1 = Paul | author2 = Steven Paulsen |author3 = Sean McMullen | title = The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy | publisher = Melbourne University Press | page = 134 | year = 1998 | location = Melbourne | isbn = 0-522-84771-4}}</ref>

===VeryPicture Clever Babybooks===

TheThis series was self-published, and republished by [[Text Media in MelbournePublishing]]. Described as books for "Very Clever Babies Aged 3–6 Months", they contain such words as [[Ichthyology|ichthyologist]], as used by the character Freddy the Fish.

* "Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case" (2005). A novella produced for [[World Book Day]] and originally entitled "The Creature in the CaveCase". Reprinted under the new title in the collection ''[[Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories]]''.)

* "To Hold the Bridge". A novella original published in the ''Legends of Australian Fantasy'' anthology edited by Jack Dann and Jonathan Strahan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insideadog.com.au/residence/ |title=residence |publisher=Inside A Dog }}</ref> Reprinted in the collection ''To Hold the Bridge''.

* "Doctor Crake Crosses the Wall". Short story included in the Australian edition of Goldenhand, also published on the official Australian Old Kingdom website.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Crake Crosses the Wall |url=http://oldkingdom.com.au/extras_doctorcrake.html |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=oldkingdom.com.au}}</ref>

====Have Sword, Will Travel (co-written with [[Sean Williams (author)|Sean Williams]])====

====Works in multi-author series====

====Standalone novels====

# 2008 "Beyond the Sea Gate of the Scholar-Pirates of Sarsköe", in ''Fast Ships, Black Sails'' edited by [[Jeff VandermeerVanderMeer]] and [[Ann VandermeerVanderMeer]]

# 2020 "Cut meMe Another Quill, Mister Fitz", in ''The Book of Dragons'' , edited by [[Jonathan Strahan]]

* 2005 ''[[Across the Wall (book)|Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories]]''

** "Ambrose and the Ancient Spirits of East and West" (from ''The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities'' anthology edited by [[Ann VandermeerVanderMeer]] and [[Jeff VandermeerVanderMeer]])

** 2008 "Beyond the Sea Gate of the Scholar-Pirates of Sarsköe" (from ''Fast Ships, Black Sails'' anthology edited by [[Jeff VandermeerVanderMeer|Jeff]] and [[Ann VandermeerVanderMeer]])

==== Uncollected stories ====

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