' s ▁Hon ours ▁list ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁He ▁also ▁co - jud ged ▁the ▁Christopher ▁Tower ▁Po etry ▁Prize ▁( a ward ed ▁by ▁Oxford ▁University ) ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁with ▁Gill ian ▁Clar ke . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Bla ke ▁Society . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁P ull man ▁also ▁guest - ed ited ▁The ▁M ays ▁Anth ology , ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁new ▁writing ▁from ▁students ▁at ▁the ▁Univers ities ▁of ▁Oxford ▁and ▁Cambridge . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁P ull man ▁won ▁the ▁annual ▁A str id ▁Lind gren ▁Memorial ▁Award ▁from ▁the ▁Swedish ▁Arts ▁Council , ▁recogn ising ▁his ▁career ▁contribution ▁to ▁" children ' s ▁and ▁young ▁adult ▁literature ▁in ▁the ▁broad est ▁sense ". ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁presentation , ▁" P ull man ▁rad ically ▁inject s ▁new ▁life ▁into ▁fant asy ▁by ▁introdu cing ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁alternative ▁world s ▁and ▁by ▁allowing ▁good ▁and ▁evil ▁to ▁become ▁ambigu ous ." ▁In ▁every ▁genre , ▁" he ▁comb ines ▁story t elling ▁and ▁psych ological ▁insight ▁of ▁the ▁highest ▁order ." ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁five ▁final ists ▁for ▁the ▁bien n ial , ▁international ▁Hans ▁Christian ▁Anders en ▁Medal ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁British ▁nom ine e ▁again ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁he ▁started