Richard Adams

A British author who was born in Berkshire, in 1920. He worked for the Civil Service up until 1974. Although he has written over half a dozen books, his most famous book is "Watership Down" for which he won the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal. He went on to become the President of the Royal Society for the prevention of cruelty towards animals (RSPCA).

Here are some of his books

Watership Down (1972) ISBN 9780743277709
Shardik (1974) ISBN 9780380005161
Maia (1984) ISBN 978-0-517-62993-2
Nature Through the Seasons (1975) ISBN 9780722650073
The Tyger Voyage (1976) ISBN 9780394407968
The Plague Dogs (1977) ISBN 9780345494023
The Adventures & Brave Deeds Of The Ship's Cat On The Spanish Maine:
Together With The Most Lamentable Losse Of The Alcestis & Triumphant Firing Of The Port Of Chagres (1977) (also published as The Ship's Cat) ISBN 9780224014410
Nature Day and Night (1978) ISBN 072265359X
The Girl in a Swing (1980) ISBN 978-0-7139-1407-8
The Iron Wolf and Other Stories (1980, published in the USA as The Unbroken Web) ISBN 978-0-517-40375-4
The Phoenix Tree (1980, a collection by various authors, includes "The Story of El-ahrairah and the Black Rabbit of Inle" from Watership Down) ISBN 9780380763801
The Legend of Te Tuna (1982) ISBN 9780283993930
Voyage Through the Antarctic (1982; with Ronald Lockley), Allen Lane ISBN 0713913967 A Nature Diary (1985) ISBN 0-670-80105-4 / 978-0-670-80105-3
The Bureaucats (1985) ISBN 0670801208, ISBN 9780670801206
Traveller (1988) ISBN 978-0-394-57055-6
The Day Gone By (autobiography) (1990) ISBN 9780679401179
Tales from Watership Down (collection of linked stories) (1996) ISBN 9780380729340
The Outlandish Knight (1999) ISBN 9780727870339 * Daniel (2006) ISBN 1-903110-37-8