Editing His Dark Materials (section)

==Awards and recognition==
The first volume, ''Northern Lights'', won the [[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]] for children's fiction in the UK in 1995.<ref name="carnegie">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/title.php?id=63
 |title        = Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners
 |access-date   = 5 April 2007
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 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131224113538/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/title.php?id=63
 |archive-date = 24 December 2013
 |url-status     = dead}}</ref> In 2007, the judges of the CILIP Carnegie Medal for children's literature selected it as one of the ten most important children's novels of the previous 70 years. In an online June 2007 poll, it was voted the best Carnegie Medal winner in the 70-year history of the award, the Carnegie of Carnegies.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2108541,00.html |title=Pullman wins 'Carnegie of Carnegies' | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Michelle | last=Pauli | date=21 June 2007 | access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/celebration/winners.php |title=70 years celebration the publics favourite winners of all time |access-date=26 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104125742/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/celebration/winners.php |archive-date=4 November 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''The Amber Spyglass'' won the 2001 [[Whitbread Book of the Year]] award, the first time that such an award has been bestowed on a book from their "children's literature" category.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Children's novel triumphs in 2001 Whitbread Book Of The Year|date=23 January 2002|url=http://www.costabookawards.com/press/press_release_detail.aspx?id=15|access-date=8 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708194141/http://www.costabookawards.com/press/press_release_detail.aspx?id=15|archive-date=8 July 2011}}</ref>

The trilogy came third in the 2003 [[BBC]]'s ''[[Big Read]]'', a national poll of viewers' favourite books, after ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''.<ref name="Big Read"/>

On 19 May 2005, Pullman attended the [[British Library]] in London to receive formal congratulations for his work from [[Secretary of State for Culture|culture secretary]] [[Tessa Jowell]] "on behalf of the government".<ref>{{cite news |title=Minister congratulates Philip Pullman on Swedish honour |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/20/politicsandthearts.books |access-date=15 October 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> On 25 May 2005, Pullman received the Swedish government's [[Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award]] for children's and youth literature (sharing it with Japanese illustrator [[Ryōji Arai]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sla.org.uk/blg-philip-pullman-receives-the-astrid.php |title=SLA – Philip Pullman receives the Astrid Lindgren Award<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305020232/http://sla.org.uk/blg-philip-pullman-receives-the-astrid.php |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Swedes regard this prize as second only to the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]; it has a value of 5 million Swedish Kronor or approximately £385,000. In 2008, ''[[The Observer]]'' cites ''Northern Lights'' as one of the 100 best novels.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observer/archives/2005/05/11/the_best_novels_ever_version_12.html | work=The Guardian | location=London | access-date=4 May 2010 | title=The best novels ever (version 1.2) | date=19 August 2008}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine in the US included ''Northern Lights'' (''The Golden Compass'') in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time.<ref>{{cite news |title=100 Best Young-Adult Books |url=https://time.com/collection/100-best-ya-books/ |access-date=30 October 2019 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> In November 2019, the BBC listed ''His Dark Materials'' on its list of the [[BBC list of 100 'most inspiring' novels|100 most influential novels]].<ref name=Bbc2019-11-05/>