neg ie ▁Medal ▁from ▁the ▁Library ▁Association , ▁recogn ising ▁the ▁year ' s ▁out standing ▁English - language ▁children ' s ▁book . ▁For ▁the ▁ 7 0 th ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁medal ▁it ▁was ▁named ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁ten ▁winning ▁works ▁by ▁a ▁panel ▁assemble d ▁to ▁compose ▁the ▁ball ot ▁for ▁a ▁public ▁election ▁of ▁the ▁all - time ▁favour ite . ▁It ▁won ▁the ▁public ▁vote ▁from ▁that ▁short list ▁and ▁was ▁thus ▁named ▁the ▁all - time ▁" C arn eg ie ▁of ▁Car neg ies " ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁It ▁was ▁adapted ▁as ▁a ▁film ▁under ▁the ▁book ' s ▁US ▁title , ▁The ▁Golden ▁Com pass . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁His ▁Dark ▁Material s ▁tr il ogy ▁was ▁ranked ▁third ▁in ▁the ▁BBC ' s ▁The ▁Big ▁Read , ▁a ▁poll ▁of ▁the ▁Top ▁ 2 0 0 ▁nov els ▁voted ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁public . ▁ ▁Life ▁and ▁career ▁ ▁Philip ▁P ull man ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Nor wich , ▁England , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Aud rey ▁Ev ely n ▁P ull man ▁( née ▁M err if ield ) ▁and ▁Royal ▁Air ▁Force ▁pilot ▁Alfred ▁Out ram ▁P ull man . ▁The ▁family ▁travel led ▁with ▁his ▁father ' s ▁job , ▁including ▁to ▁Southern ▁Rh odes ia , ▁though ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁form ative ▁years ▁were ▁spent ▁in ▁L lan bed r ▁in ▁Ar d ud wy , ▁Wales . ▁ ▁His