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Mark Haddon
English writer and illustrator (born 1962)
Mark Haddon | |
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Born | (1962-09-26) 26 September 1962 (age 62) Northampton, Northamptonshire, England |
Occupation | Writer, illustrator |
Nationality | English |
Education | MA, English Literature |
Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford Uppingham School Spratton Hall School |
Period | 1987–present |
Genre | Novels, children's literature, poetry, screenplays, radio drama |
Notable awards | |
Spouse | Sos Eltis |
Children | 2 |
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Mark Haddon (born 26 September 1962) is an English novelist, best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003).
He won the Whitbread Award, the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, the Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth Writers' Prize for his work.
Life, work and studies
In 2003, Haddon won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award—in the Novels rather than Children's Books category—for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
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