His Dark Materials, an award-winning trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman, comprises Northern Lights (1995 ? released as The Golden Compass in North America), The Subtle Knife (1997) and The Amber Spyglass (2000). The trilogy follows the coming-of-age of two children, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they wander through a series of parallel universes against a backdrop of epic events.