The Grey King

The Grey King
Front cover of the first UK edition[1]
AuthorSusan Cooper
Cover artistMichael Heslop
(UK, US)[2]
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Dark is Rising
GenreChildren's fantasy and horror novel
PublisherChatto & Windus (UK)[1] Atheneum (US)
Publication date
October 1975[1]
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages208 pp
ISBN0-7011-5071-8 [1]
OCLC1974496
LC ClassPZ7.C7878 Gt3[3]
Preceded byGreenwitch 
Followed bySilver on the Tree 

The Grey King is a contemporary fantasy novel by Susan Cooper, published almost simultaneously by Chatto & Windus and Atheneum in 1975.[3] It is the fourth of five books in her Arthurian fantasy series The Dark is Rising.[2]

The Grey King won the inaugural Tir na n-Og Award from the Welsh Books Council as the year's best English-language children's book with an "authentic Welsh background".[4] It is set in Wales and incorporates Welsh folklore as well as Arthurian material, especially that of the Brenin Llwyd (English: Grey King).[5] It also won the annual Newbery Medal recognizing the year's "most distinguished contribution to American children's literature".[6][a]

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