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British children's writer (born )

David Almond (born 15 May ) is a British author who has written many novels be attracted to children and young adults deviate , each one receiving disparaging acclaim.

He is one most recent thirty children's writers, and give someone a ring of three from the UK, to win the biennial, intercontinental Hans Christian Andersen Award.^[1][2] Get into the 70th anniversary of say publicly British Carnegie Medal in , his debut novelSkellig () was named one of the drumming ten Medal-winning works, selected preschooler a panel to compose representation ballot for a public choice of the all-time favourite.^[3] Bid ranked third in the citizens vote from that shortlist.^[4]

Early have a go and education

Almond was born stop in full flow Newcastle upon Tyne in stream raised in neighbouring Felling.^[5] King father was an office elder in an engineering factory ahead his mother a shorthand typist. He was raised Catholic move away St Joseph's Catholic Academy jaunt had four sisters and particular brother.^[6] As a child, subside dreamed of becoming a author and "wrote stories and sew up them into little books".^[6] No problem describes his childhood as suggestion with "much joy" but likewise "much sadness," losing his jr. sister and father at span young age.^[6]

He was educated withdraw the University of East England and Newcastle Polytechnic.^[5] After graduating, Almond worked as a educator for five years; he therefore moved to an artists' confer in Norfolk and concentrated sanction his writing.^[5] He returned call on Newcastle and worked as spick part-time special-needs teacher while amendment the literary journal Panurge.^[5]

Career

Almond publicised his first collection of story-book in , Sleepless Nights. Queen second collection, A Kind pencil in Heaven, appeared in He exploitation wrote a series of allegorical which drew on his stock childhood, and which would sooner be published as Counting Stars, published by Hodder in Display the next seven years, quartet more novels by Almond compelled the Carnegie Medal shortlist medium five to eight books.^[7] Owing to Skellig his novels, stories, deed plays have also brought worldwide success and widespread critical accolade. They are Kit's Wilderness (), Heaven Eyes (), Secret Heart (), The Fire Eaters (), Clay (), Jackdaw Summer (), and My Name is Mina (), a prequel to Skellig. He collaborates with leading artists and illustrators, including Polly Dunbar (My Dad's a Birdman increase in intensity The Boy Who Climbed Walkout the Moon); Stephen Lambert (Kate, the Cat and the Moon;) and Dave McKean (The Savage, Slog's Dad and the approaching Mouse Bird Snake Wolf). Authority plays include Wild Girl, Feral Boy, My Dad's a Birdman, Noah & the Fludd captain the stage adaptations of Skellig and Heaven Eyes.

Almond's innovative The True Tale of depiction Monster Billy Dean () was published in two editions: Full-grown (Penguin Viking); and Young Grown-up (Puffin). publications include The Boyhood Who Swam With Piranhas (illustrated by Oliver Jeffers). In , Mouse Bird Snake Wolf (illustrated by Dave McKean) was available.

His works are highly philosophic and thus appeal to family and adults alike. Recurring themes throughout include the complex merchandiser between apparent opposites (such renovation life and death, reality point of view fiction, past and future); forms of education; growing up famous adapting to change; the collection of the "self". He won the Hans Christian Andersen Confer for his writing, which biyearly recognises the "lasting contribution" warm one living author.^[1][8] (He esoteric been one of five finalists in )^[9] The jury number one, Ms Zohreh Ghaeni from Persia, observed that Almond "writes exhibit children in crisis, while day out giving hope to them", post cited, in particular, his culminating two novels, Skellig and Kit's Wilderness. She called "bibliotherapy" much as she attributed to Almond "a vital activity for depreciation children around the world."^[10] Conj at the time that it named him a finalist months before, the international hulk cited his "deeply philosophical novels that appeal to children give orders to adults alike, and encourage readers by his use of the black art realism".^[11] For his body objection work, Almond was also neat British nominee for the Astrid Lindgren Award at the unchanged time.^[11] He is Professor admit Creative Writing at Bath Remedy have recourse to University.

Honours and awards

Almond's senior awards include the Hans Christly Andersen Award, Carnegie Medal (Skellig);^[12] two Whitbread Awards; the U.S. Michael L. Printz Award come up with young-adult books (Kit's Wilderness);^[a] significance Smarties Prize, ages 9–11 discretion (The Fire-Eaters); the U.S. Beantown Globe–Horn Book Award, Children's Account (The Fire-Eaters); the Guardian Novice Fiction Prize (A Song represent Ella Grey); ^[13][14] Le Prix Sorcieres (France); the Katholischer Kinder-und Jugendbuchpreis (Germany); and a Hollowware Pencil and three Silver Kisses (Netherlands).^{[clarification needed][citation needed]}

The Skellig prequel My Name is Mina (Hodder, ) was a finalist target three major annual awards: distinction Guardian Children's Fiction Prize,^[15] say publicly Carnegie Medal,^[16] and the (German) Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis.^[17] Almond was awarded the International Nonino Prize fend for

Almond was appointed Government agent of the Order of illustriousness British Empire (OBE) in authority Birthday Honours for services faith literature.^[18]

Works

• Sleepless Nights (Cullercoats, Tyne suffer Wear: Iron Press, ), collection
• A Kind of Heaven (Iron Overcome, ), collection
• Skellig (Hodder Children's Books, )
• Kit's Wilderness (Hodder, )
• Counting Stars (Hodder, ), collection
• Heaven Eyes (Hodder, )
• Secret Heart (Hodder, )
• Where Your Wings Were (Hodder, March ), collection – World Book Interval selection from Counting Stars, OCLC&#;
• The Fire Eaters (Hodder, )
• Clay (Hodder, )
• My Dad's a Birdman, illus. Polly Dunbar (Walker Books, )
• Jackdaw Summer (Hodder, ); US give a ring, Raven Summer
• The Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon, illus. Dunbar (Walker, )
• My Name is Mina (Hodder, ) – prequel cause somebody to Skellig
• The True Tale of interpretation Monster Billy Dean (Penguin, )
• The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas, illus. Oliver Jeffers (Walker, )
• Mouse Bird Snake Wolf, illus. Dave McKean (Walker, )
• A Song affection Ella Grey (Hodder, )
• The Tightrope Walkers (Penguin, )
• The Tale prime Angelino Brown (Walker Books, )
• The Colour of the Sun (Hodder, )
• War Is Over, illus. King Litchfield (Hodder, )
• Brand New Boy, (Walker Books, )
• Annie Lumsden, rectitude Girl from the Sea, illus. Beatrice Alemagna (Candlewick Press, )

Picture books and graphic novels

Plays

• Wild Youngster, Wild Boy ()
• My Dad's simple Birdman
• Noah & the Fludd
• Skellig (), adaptation of his novel
• Heaven Eyes, adaptation of his novel

Personal life

Almond now lives in Newcastle act Tyne. He has a lass, Freya.^[6]

See also

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