Garth Nix

Garth Nix
Nix at the 2014 Comic Con
Born	Garth Richard Nix (1963-07-19) 19 July 1963 (age 60) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Australian
Genre	Fantasy
Years active	1990–present
Website
garthnix.com

Garth Richard Nix (born 19 July 1963) is an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adult fantasy novels, notably the Old Kingdom, Seventh Tower and 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."^[1]