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David Almond OBE FRSL (born 15 May 1951) is a British author who has written many novels for children and young adults from 1998, each one receiving critical acclaim. He is one of thirty children's writers, and one of three from the UK, to win the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award .
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Hello, I’m David Almond. I’m the author of Skellig, Bone Music, The Dam, The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas, Kit’s Wilderness, Island, My Name is Mina, The Tightrope Walkers, The Savage, A Song for Ella Grey, Half a Creature from the Sea, and many more novels, stories, picture books, plays, radio programmes, songs and opera libretti. My work ...
Explore the books by David Almond, the award-winning author of Skellig, Puppet, Island and more. Find out about his latest titles, illustrations, events and news.
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- May 15, 1951
- Skellig (Skellig, #1)
- My Name Is Mina (Skellig, #0.5)
- Kit's Wilderness.
- Click by David Almond, Eoin Colfer, Roddy Doyle.
Learn about David Almond, a celebrated children's and teenage author from Newcastle upon Tyne. Explore his novels, stories and plays that blend realism and magic, and his themes of life, death and myth.
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Hodder Children's Books, Walker Books Ltd
David Almond is a prominent British children’s and young-adult fiction writer, best known for his novel Skellig. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1951, Almond was raised in Felling by working-class parents and had five brothers and sisters.
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