American author of FantasyFiction for children and teenagers. His five-volume Chronicles of Prydain, based on the Welsh _Mabinogion_, was published between 1964 and 1968; it received both a NewberyHonorMedal (for _The Black Cauldron_) and a NewberyMedal (for _The High King_). He has won every award it is possible for a children's author to win. One of the greats. - isfdb:author/Lloyd_Alexander - http://www.prydain.com (fan page with an exhaustive breakdown of the Chronicles of Prydain) CategoryAuthor