Alison Croggon
Alison Croggon is an award-winning Australian poet whose work has been published extensively in anthologies and magazines around the world. Her plays and opera libretti have been produced in Australia, and she is also an editor and critic. She began to write the books of Pellinor when her oldest son, Joshua, was reading fantasy. "I had forgotten how much I loved this stuff when I was a kid, and Josh's reading reminded me," she says. "My first real ambition as a child was to write a fantasy...See more
Alison Croggon is an award-winning Australian poet whose work has been published extensively in anthologies and magazines around the world. Her plays and opera libretti have been produced in Australia, and she is also an editor and critic. She began to write the books of Pellinor when her oldest son, Joshua, was reading fantasy. "I had forgotten how much I loved this stuff when I was a kid, and Josh's reading reminded me," she says. "My first real ambition as a child was to write a fantasy novel. One day I sat down and started writing a story. I had no idea what would happen, but one character appeared, and then another, and before long I had to finish the story to find out what happened." That story was THE NAMING. She says she was surprised by how the book seemed to unfold, already formed, before her. "Perhaps it's been waiting to be written for thirty years." Alison Croggon lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her playwright husband and their three children. See less
Alison Croggon's Featured Books
Alison Croggon book reviews
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The Singing
Mrs. Criggon, you were clearly out of ideas.
by Tammy K, Mar 10, 2011
This is the kind of book that should have either never been written, or should have come from inspiration. It was neither. It cheapened the first three books of the series. Read More
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The Riddle
this book was amazing!!!
The Riddle was so exciting!! It has twists and turns. You think for a while that someone is dead and then you find out they aren't!! You will learn alot more about each of the characters pasts and ... Read More
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The Crow: The Third Book of Pellinor
Hem's Story
by lidjipop, Mar 10, 2008
I love this book. Unlike the first two, The Crow focuses on Hem of Pellinor rather than Maerad, his Gifted sister. It is just as exciting as the first two and really develops Hem and Saliman as ... Read More