Richard Adams reads from his book Watership Down on November 16, 2008 at the Aldo Galli exhibition of paintings based on the story.

Richard Adams is a writer.  He was born in Berkshire, England, in 1920. His most popular and well-known book is Watership Down; which is set in the area near to Whitchurch.  All told he has nineteen published books.

Richard won the Caregie Media for Best Novel (Watership Down) in 1973.  He was nominated for the Mythopoetic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature in 1975 for Best Novel (Watership Down).

In 2008 he was the guest of honour at the Whitchurch Arts exhibition of paitings by Aldo Galli, which were inspired by Watership Down.

And in 2010, he was the first receipient of the Whitchurch Arts Award.

Series: Beklan Empire

Shardik (1974)

Maia (1984)

Novels

Watership Down (1972)

The Tyger Voyage (1976)

The Plague Dogs (1977)

The Girl In A Swing (1980)

The Legend of Te Tuna (1982)

Traveller (1988)

The Outlandish Knight (1999)

Daniel (2006)

Collections

The Iron Wolf and Other Stories (1980)

The Unbroken Web: Stories and Fables (1980)

Tales from Watership Down (1996)

Picture Books

The Ship's Cat (1977)

Anthologies

Sinister and Unnatural Stories (Sinister and Supernatural Stories) (1978)

Richard Adams's Favourite Animal Stories (1981)

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Shivers for Christmas (contains stories by Richard Adams) (1995)

Non-Fiction

Nature Through The Seasons (1975)

Nature Day and Night (1978)

Voyage Through The Antarctic (1982)

A Nature Diary (1985)

The Day Gone By (1990)

Antartica: Voices from the Silent Continent (1990)

Short Stories

Back of the Moon (1980)
The Blind Boy and His Dog (1980)
The Cat in the Sea (1980)
Crab (1980)
The Crimson Parrot (1980)
The Crow and the Daylight (1980)
The Giant Eel (1980)
How Long Will You Live? (1980)
A Hundred Times (1980)
The Iron Wolf (1980)
The Language of Animals (1980)
Mice in the Corn (1980)
The Moddey Dhoo (1980)
The Nightingale (1980)
Prince Meerzat Istvan and the Horse of Dust and Thunder (1980)
The Robin (1980)
The Rocks of Korsan (1980)
Stan Bolovan and the Dragon (1980)
The Woodpecker (1980)
The Bommie and the Drop-Off (1995)

Richard was featured on this website in: March 2009