The Ragwitch - Softcover

Nix, Garth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812535065 ISBN 13: 9780812535068

Publisher: Tor Books, 1995

Synopsis

Discovering an enormous nest filled with unfamiliar black feathers, Julia and her brother, Paul, also find a beautiful doll that harbors the spirit of the Ragwitch and takes over Julia's body. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia, to the sound of the Salvation Army band outside playing #145;Hail the Conquering Hero Comes#146; or possibly #145;Roll Out the Barrel#146;. Garth left Melbourne at an early age for Canberra (the federal capital) and stayed there till he was nineteen, when he left to drive around the UK in a beat-up Austin with a trunk full of books and a Silver-Reed typewriter.

Despite a wheel literally falling off the Austin, Garth survived to return to Australia and study at the University of Canberra. After finishing his degree in 1986 he worked in a bookshop, then as a book publicist, a publisher#146;s sales representative, and editor. Along the way he was also a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve, serving in an Assault Pioneer platoon for four years. Garth left publishing to work as a public relations and marketing consultant from 1994-1997, till he became a full-time writer in 1998. He did that for a year before becoming a part-time literary agent in 1999. In January 2002 Garth went back to writing full time again, despite his belief that full-time writing explains the strange behaviour of many authors.

Garth currently lives in a beach suburb of Sydney, with his wife Anna, a publisher.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0812535065
• ISBN 13: 9780812535068
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320