Philip Pullman is the author of several novels for adults and children, but it was the His Dark Materials trilogy that gained him world-wide fame and made him the first children"s writer to win the Whitbread Award. Nicholas Wright"s Vincent in Brixton won rave reviews and the Olivier Award for Best Play. The West End production was subsequently seen on Broadway. His adaptations include Pirandello"s Naked and Wedekind"s Lulu, as well as the new His Dark Materials and Chekhov"s Three Sisters, both for the National Theatre in London.