Anvard is the moatless castle described in a book series by an author that died in what year?
1963
Anvard
Anvard is the moatless castle where King Lune of Archenland resides in the fictional land of Narnia, as described in "The Chronicles of Narnia", a book series by C. S. Lewis.
 It is made of red-brown stones and sits on a green lawn in front of a high woody ridge.
 In "The Horse and His Boy", Prince Rabadash led a force of two hundred Calormene horsemen in a surprise attack against it, but was defeated by a relief army from Narnia led by King Edmund.
C. S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist.
 He held academic positions at both Oxford University (Magdalen College, 1925–1954) and Cambridge University (Magdalene College, 1954–1963).
 He is best known for his works of fiction, especially "The Screwtape Letters", "The Chronicles of Narnia", and "The Space Trilogy", and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as "Mere Christianity", "Miracles", and "The Problem of Pain".
Martine (character)
Martine is the title character in a series of books for children originally written in French by the Belgians Marcel Marlier and Gilbert Delahaye and edited by Casterman.
 The first one, "Martine à la ferme" ("Martine at the farm"), was published in 1954, followed by 59 other books, which have been translated into many different languages.
 The book series has sold about 100 million copies and is one of the best-selling book series.
 When the author Gilbert Delahaye died in 1997, Jean-Louis Marlier, the son of Marcel Marlier, continued to write the stories.
 The series was interrupted in 2011 when the illustrator Marcel Marlier died at the age of 80.
 The last book is the 60th, "Martine et le prince mystérieux", published in 2010. Alice-Miranda
Alice-Miranda is a fictional main character in a children's book series of the same name.
 The Alice-Miranda book series chronicles the adventures of a young student at the Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale Academy for Proper Young Ladies.
 "Alice-Miranda At School" is the first book in the series and was published in 2010.
 The series was created by Australian author Jacqueline Harvey, a teacher and former Deputy Head of Junior School and Director of Development at Abbotsleigh.
 Harvey created the Alice-Miranda series based on her teaching experiences at boarding schools.
 The series is sold throughout Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Turkey, Hungary and Brazil. M. G. Harris
Maria Guadalupe Enriquez Harris (born August 1966) is the author of the successful children's book series, The Joshua Files.
 She is also currently working with the estate of deceased author Gerry Anderson to bring his planned book series Gemini Force One into reality. Michael Grant (author, born 1954)
Michael Grant (born July 26, 1954) is an American author of young adult fiction.
 He has written over 150 books, though most are as a co-author with his wife.
 Together they have written the "Animorphs" and the "Everworld" book series, as well as the "Making Out" book series.
 Grant is the sole author of the "Gone" Series, "BZRK, the Messenger of Fear Series a"nd has a new series, the first of which is called ""Front Lines"", publishing in January 2016. ""
Front Lines"" was originally called ""Soldier Girl"." Eric Northman
Eric Northman is a fictional character in "The Southern Vampire Mysteries," a series of thirteen books written by "New York Times" bestselling author Charlaine Harris.
 He is a vampire, slightly over one thousand years old, and is first introduced in the first novel, "Dead Until Dark" and appears in all subsequent novels.
 Since the book series is told from the first person perspective of Sookie Stackhouse, what readers perceive of his character is influenced by what Sookie comprehends.
 HBO's television series "True Blood" is based on this book series and the character of Eric Northman is portrayed somewhat differently.
 A list of "True Blood" characters has a detailed description of Eric's character from the TV show. K. A. Applegate
Katherine Alice Applegate (born October 9, 1956 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American young adult and children's fiction writer, best known as the author of the "Animorphs", "Remnants", "Everworld", and other book series.
 She won the 2013 Newbery Medal for her 2012 children's novel "The One and Only Ivan".
 Applegate's most popular books are science fiction, fantasy, and adventure novels.
 She won the Best New Children's Book Series Award in 1997 in "Publishers Weekly".
 Her book "Home of the Brave" has won two awards.
 She also wrote a chapter book series in 2008-9 called "Roscoe Riley Rules". Elise Allen
Elise Allen is an author and a television writer.
 who has been active as a writer since 1966.
 Allen has been nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards, for Outstanding Writing in a Pre-School Animated Program and Outstanding Writing in Animation for "Dinosaur Train" (2009).
 Allen's TV writing work includes "The Lion Guard", "Dinosaur Train", "Sid the Science Kid", and some "Barbie (film series)" movies.
 She is the author of the "Gabby Duran and the Unsittables" middle-grade book series, as well as the chapter book series "Jim Henson's Enchanted Sisters", and the stand-alone novel "Populazzi".
 She has also co-authored Hilary Duff's "Elixir" series, and Bella Thorne's "Autumn Falls" series. Larry Carney
Larry Carney (born December 31, 1965 in Lapeer, Michigan) is a US children’s book author and song lyricist.
 Most frequently writing in verse, he has created several book series which have been published by PC Treasures, Inc.
 Among these are the Night Before Christmas… books, which feature the Christmas Eve adventures of traditional fairy tale characters, The Silly Series, the Look!
 Book series, which focuses on imaginative play, and several bible story adaptations and Christian-themed children's books such as the Tiny Angels and My Own Prayers titles.
 As an audio book producer/director, Carney has worked with such performers as UK actor Nigel Lambert and US theater veteran David DuChene.