 The other six "Chronicles of Narnia" books were written between 1948 and 1953, "The Magician's Nephew" was written over a five-year period between 1949 and 1954.He started in the summer of 1949 after finishing "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", but came to a halt after producing 26 pages of manuscript and did not resume work until two years later.This may be as a result of the autobiographical aspects of the novel, as it reflects a number of incidents and parallels very close to his own experiences.