Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Alexander (1924-2007) was an American author of fantasy novels for young adults and children. He is best known for his Chronicles of Prydain series and is also the author of the Vesper Holly series and Westmark Trilogy. He won the Newbery Medal for his 1969 novel The High King.

Lloyd Alexander wanted to be a writer ever since he was 15. He realized this dream in 1955 with the novel And Let the Credit Go, an autobiographical satire of his experiences as a bank messenger. His final novel was The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio and was published in 2007. Below is a list of Lloyd Alexander’s books in order of when they were first published:

Publication Order of The Chronicles of Prydain Books

The Book of Three(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Black Cauldron(1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Castle of Llyr(1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Taran Wanderer(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The High King(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Westmark Trilogy Books

Publication Order of Vesper Holly Books

The Illyrian Adventure(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The El Dorado Adventure(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Drackenberg Adventure(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Jedera Adventure(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Philadelphia Adventure(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Xanadu Adventure(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

And Let the Credit Go(1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Five Tigers The Cats in My Life(1956)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Time Cat(1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fifty Years in the Doghouse(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Send for Ryan!(1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The King's Fountain(1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Four Donkeys(1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Wizard in the Tree(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Prydain Chronicles(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Arkadians(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The House Gobbaleen(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Iron Ring(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gypsy Rizka(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
How the Cat Swallowed Thunder(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Fantastical Adventures of the Invisible Boy / The Gawgon and the Boy(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Lloyd Alexander Collection(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Rope Trick(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dream-of-Jade(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Town Cats and Other Tales(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Picture Books

Coll and His White Pig(1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Truthful Harp(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Fortune-Tellers(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

August Bondi: Border Hawk(1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Aaron Lopez: The Flagship Hope(1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Cats and Me: The Story of an Understanding (A Blank Journal)(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

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Note: The Gawgon and the Boy was published in the UK as The Fantastical Adventures of the Invisible Boy.

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Lloyd Alexander Synopsis: The Fortune Tellers is a picture book by Lloyd Alexander and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. It’s the story of a young man who becomes the village fortune teller.

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