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Richard Adams was born in Berkshire, England, in 1920, and studied history at Bradfield and Worcester College, Oxford. He is the author of nineteen books, including the bestselling and award-winning Watership Down, his first book.

English novelist best known as the author of Watership Down

Born	9 May 1920
Died	24 December 2016

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Watership Down

by Richard Adams First published in 1972 — 97 editions

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Shardik

by Richard Adams First published in 1965 — 38 editions

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Tales from Watership Down

by Richard Adams First published in 1977 — 19 editions

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The girl in a swing

by Richard Adams First published in 1980 — 10 editions
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Stories: all new tales

by Neil Gaiman, Al Sarrantonio, Roddy Doyle, Joyce Carol Oates, Joanne Harris, Michael Marshall Smith, Joe R. Lansdale, Walter Mosley, Richard Adams, and 19 others First published in 2010 — 9 editions

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Plague Dogs

by Richard Adams First published in 1981 — 8 editions

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Watership Down (Watership Down): Escape to the Hills

by Richard Adams and Judy Allen First published in 1999 — 8 editions
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Traveller

by Richard Adams First published in 1988 — 6 editions

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Traveller: a novel

by Richard Adams First published in 1988 — 5 editions

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Appropriate English

by Richard Adams First published in 1984 — 4 editions

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Plague Dogs

by Richard Adams First published in 2011 — 4 editions

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The plague dogs

by Richard Adams First published in 1977 — 4 editions

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The day gone by: an autobiography

by Richard Adams First published in 1990 — 4 editions
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Maia

by Richard Adams First published in 1986 — 4 editions

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Maia

by Richard Adams First published in 1984 — 4 editions
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The Outlandish Knight

by Richard Adams First published in 2000 — 3 editions
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A nature diary

by Richard Adams First published in 1985 — 3 editions
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Nature through the seasons

by Richard Adams First published in 1975 — 3 editions
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The tyger voyage

by Richard Adams First published in 1976 — 3 editions

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The Watership down film picture book: with linking text

by Richard Adams First published in 1978 — 3 editions
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English novelist best known as the author of Watership Down

Born	9 May 1920
Died	24 December 2016

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OLID: OL800926A
BookBrainz: d3c359b5-eca9-4c4e-9be2-3442eabeb84a
GoodReads: 7717
ISNI: 0000000109134206
IMDb: nm0011293
Library of Congress Names: n78079510
MusicBrainz: 0b7eab3c-064e-4898-851b-b328834aca90
VIAF: 71386171
Wikidata: Q313289
Inventaire.io: wd:Q313289

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Richard George Adams
Adams, Richard
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Created April 1, 2008
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August 1, 2025	Edited by WikidataBot	[sync_author_identifiers_with_wikidata] add wikidata remote identifiers
January 6, 2025	Edited by Tom Morris	merge authors
January 3, 2022	Edited by Nathaniel Chanticleer	added death date
September 30, 2020	Edited by MARC Bot	add ISNI
April 1, 2008	Created by an anonymous user	initial import

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