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Birth
David Almond was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1951 and grew up in the small mining town of Felling. He was educated at the University of East Anglia and Newcastle Polytechnic -
His first book
His first book, Sleepless Nights, a collection of short stories for adults, was published in 1985 and was followed in 1997 by a second volume, A Kind of Heaven. -
His first children's novel
His first children's novel, Skellig, the story of a strange, part-human 'creature' who transforms the lives of two young children forever, was published to immediate acclaim in 1998 -
1998 awards
Arts Council Writers' Award (for Literature for Young People)
Carnegie Medal Skellig
Whitbread Children's Book Award Skellig -
1999 awards
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) Kit's Wilderness
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Silver Award) Kit's Wilderness -
2000 awards
Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Kit's Wilderness
Whitbread Children's Book Award (shortlist) Heaven Eyes -
2003 awards
Carnegie Medal (shortlist) The Fire Eaters
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) The Fire Eaters
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (shortlist) The Fire Eaters
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award) The Fire Eaters
Whitbread Children's Book Award The Fire Eaters -
2004 awards
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (USA) The Fire Eaters -
2006 awards
Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Clay
Costa Children's Book Award (shortlist) Clay -
2007 awards
Carnegie of Carnegies (shortlist) Skellig
National Short Story Competition (shortlist - 'Slog's Dad' -
2009 awards
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (Sweden) (Sweden) (shortlist) -
2010 awards
Hans Christian Andersen Award -
2001 awards
Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Heaven Eyes
Michael L. Printz Award (USA) Kit's Wilderness
