Earthsea

Earthsea
Cover of The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, with art by Charles Vess.


AuthorUrsula K. Le Guin
IllustratorPauline Ellison
Ruth Robbins
Anne Yvonne Gilbert
Gail Garraty
Margaret Chodos-Irvine
Kelly Nelson
Marion Wood Kolisch
Charles Vess
Cliff Nielsen
CountryUnited States
GenreFantasy, young adult fiction (first three books)
PublisherParnassus Press, Atheneum Books, Harcourt, Saga Press (US)
Published1964–2018 (novels, 1968–2001)
Media typePrint (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.