Finally, The Amber Spyglass may be Pullman's sharpest commentary on philosophy and theology, delving deep into concepts like consciousness, death, and the power of stories. It's a startling ...

The story is always the governor. PHILIP PULLMAN:In the book I'm holding here, The Amber Spyglass, which is the third part of His Dark Materials, there was a passage I was looking forward to writing.

Philip Pullman has won numerous awards: most notably The Amber Spyglass won the 2001 Whitbread Book of the Year prize, and Northern Lights won the Carnegie Medal for children’s fiction in 1995.