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Born
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David Almond
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Skellig
His first children's novel won the Whitbread Children's Novel of the Year Award and also the Carnegie Medal. It has been adapted into a stage play, film and opera. -
Kit's Wilderness
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Heaven Eyes
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Secret Heart
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Wild Girl, Wild Boy
His first play aimed at adolescents -
The Fire Eaters
Won the 2003 Whitbread Awards -
Clay
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Work
Since 2007 he has been a Visiting Professor in Creative Writing at Nottingham Trent University. -
Raven Summer
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The Savage
A children's book whose subject matter is written more towards young adults and adults -
Private Passions
The biographical music discussion programme on BBC Radio 3 -
The Knife Sharpener
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My Name is Mina
My Name is Mina is written as Mina's journal, and is about her life before she met Michael from Skellig -
Hans Christian Andersen Award
He was awarded the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award for lifetime achievement in children's writing.
