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Garth Nix along with these jobs worked as a part time soldier for four years in Assault Pioneer platoon a division of Australian Army.

Garth Nix is among the authors whose books have got the recognition of bestseller.

In the year 1999 he was honored by the Golden Duck Awards for his contribution to Children's Science Fiction of Australia.

Garth Nix is currently living with his family in Coogee Beach, Sydney, Australia and is busy in his writing profession.

Garth Nix married Anna in April 2000

Together they had two sons Thomas and Edward Nix.

and spent his childhood in

Before attended the University of Canberra from 1984-1986 he spent time travelling in the UK. Emerging in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in professional writing, Nix soon became heavily involved in the publishing industry after moving to Sydney, working his way up the corporate ladder until finally becoming a senior editor in 1991 with HarperCollins Australia.

He left to travel through Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia in 1993, returning to work in 1994 with an IT public relations and marketing firm which in 1996 led to him co-founding PR firm Gotley Nix Evans Pty Ltd. In 1999 he joined Curtis Brown, an Australian literary agency, as a part-time agent after a stint as a full-time writer in 1998.

He worked in a 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 full time marketing cons

ultant,

founding his own company Gotley Nix Evans Pty Ltd.

The Keys to the Kingdom series 2003 Mister Monday 2004 Grim Tuesday 2005 Drowned Wednesday 2006 Sir Thursday 2007 Lady Friday 2008 Superior Saturday 2010 Lord Sunday

The Seventh Tower series 2000 The Fall 2000 Castle 2001 Aenir 2001 Above the Veil 2001 Into Battle 2001 The Violet Keystone

young adult fantasy novels

series

The Seventh Tower series

Old Kingdom series

At the age of 19 he travelled around the UK in a "beat-up Austin with a boot full of books and a Silver-Reed typewriter" before returning to Canberra in 1984 to attend the Canberra university, gaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in professional writing in 1986.

The Bookseller and the Sunday Times.

He currently lives near Coogee Beach, Sydney, with his wife, Anna, and his sons, Thomas and Edward Nix.

He is best known for his trilogy of young adult fantasy novels:

educated at the University of Canberra in the 1980s.

Garth's books have appeared on the bestseller lists of The New York Times

He lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two children.