What novel trilogy written in 1995 has won a number of awards and had a film made from it's first novel?
The Golden Compass (film): The Golden Compass is a 2007 British-American fantasy adventure film based on "Northern Lights", the first novel in Philip Pullman's trilogy "His Dark Materials". His Dark Materials: His Dark Materials is an epic trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman consisting of "Northern Lights" (1995, published as "The Golden Compass" in North America), "The Subtle Knife" (1997), and "The Amber Spyglass" (2000). His Dark Materials:  The three novels have won a number of awards, most notably the 2001 Whitbread Book of the Year prize, won by "The Amber Spyglass".
The Golden Compass