David Almond
Author of Skellig
About the Author
David Almond was born on May 15, 1951 in the United Kingdom. He writes novels for children and young adults including The Savage, Slog's Dad, My Name Is Mina, The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas, and The Tightrope Walkers. He has received numerous awards including the Carnegie Medal for Skellig, two show more Whitbread Awards, the Michael L. Printz Award for young-adult books for Kit's Wilderness, the Smarties Prize and the Boston Globe Horn Book Award for The Fire-Eaters, the 2015 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for A Song for Ella Grey, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by David Almond
Associated Works
Sideshow: Ten Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists and Other Matters Odd and Magical (2009) — Contributor — 59 copies
So, What Kept You?: New Stories inspired by Anton Chekhov and Raymond Carver (2006) — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1951-05-15
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK (birth)
Humshaugh, Northumberland, England, UK - Education
- University of East Anglia (English and American Literature)
St Joseph's Grammar Technical School - Occupations
- author
- Awards and honors
- Hans Christian Andersen Award (2010)
Eleanor Farjeon Award (2013)
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Five star books (4)
Ghosts (1)
Magic Realism (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Boy Protagonists (1)
Bildungsromans (1)
Mythology (1)
Rising water (1)
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Statistics
- Works
- 51
- Also by
- 8
- Members
- 9,557
- Popularity
- #2,518
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 580
- ISBNs
- 574
- Languages
- 22
- Favorited
- 17