 Cover of The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, with art by Charles Vess. | |
| Author | Ursula K. Le Guin |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Pauline Ellison Ruth Robbins Anne Yvonne Gilbert Gail Garraty Margaret Chodos-Irvine Kelly Nelson Marion Wood Kolisch Charles Vess Cliff Nielsen |
| Country | United States |
| Genre | Fantasy, young adult fiction (first three books) |
| Publisher | Parnassus Press, Atheneum Books, Harcourt, Saga Press (US) |
| Published | 1964–2018 (novels, 1968–2001) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback), audiobook |
The Earthsea Cycle, also known as Earthsea, is a series of high fantasy books written by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin. Beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), The Tombs of Atuan, (1970) and The Farthest Shore (1972), the series was continued in Tehanu (1990), and Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind (both 2001). In 2018, all the novels and short stories were published in a single volume, The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, with artwork by Charles Vess.