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Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 2007) was an American author of more than 40 books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. Over his seven-decade career, Alexander wrote 48 books, and his work has been translated into 20 languages. [ 1 ]
The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man (1973) is a children's comic fantasy novel by Lloyd Alexander. [1] In Japan , it was adapted into a stage musical by the Shiki Theatre Company which has run since 1979 to this day.
Alexander succeeded on his first try writing fantasy for children, which he later called "the most creative and liberating experience of my life." The book was Time Cat (1963), [5] a fantasy inspired by one of his pet cats, Solomon. Solomon would visit the office while Alexander was working, but the author would never see him come or go.
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The Chronicles of Prydain is a pentalogy of children's high fantasy Bildungsroman novels written by American author Lloyd Alexander and published by Henry Holt and Company.The series includes: The Book of Three (1964), The Black Cauldron (1965), The Castle of Llyr (1966), Taran Wanderer (1967), and The High King (1968).
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Hunter Christopher u0022CJu0022 Alexander poses with the deer he killed. The deer's rack was green-scored at a typical 206 7/8 inches, which would push it 5 inches past the Ohio record.