@modramivz88: [Northern Lights being published as The Golden Compass (1996) in the US and some other markets.] Jordan College was loosely based on Pullman's alma mater, Exeter College, Oxford - though in his parallel universe it was transformed. He became Sir Philip Pullman (@philippullmanofficial), and the book won the "Carnegie of Carnegies" on being voted the best Carnegie winner of all time. Lyra Belacqua was twelve at the beginning of the novel: my version has steampunk elements (and lacks her dæmon Pantalaimon), but I hope it captures some of the atmosphere. She's floating, by the way.... #thegoldencompass #philippullman #lyrabelacqua #paralleluniverse #jordancollegelibrary #fyp