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David Almond was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1951 and grew up in the small mining town of Felling.
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He was educated at the University of East Anglia and Newcastle Polytechnic.
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Mickey and the Emperor (play for children), produced at Washington Arts Center,1984.
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His first book, Sleepless Nights, a collection of short stories for adults, was published in 1985
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1997 by a second book, A Kind of Heaven.
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1998 Arts Council Writers' Award (for Literature for Young People)
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Skelling won the Whitbread Children's Book Award (1998).and the Carnegie Medal (1998)
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His first children's novel, Skellig,Was published to immediate acclaim in 1998
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1999 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) for Kit's Wilderness
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Kit's Wilderness, Hodder Children's Books (London, England), 1999,
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1999 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Silver Award) Kit's Wilderness
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2000 Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Kit's Wilderness
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Counting Stars (short stories), Hodder Children's Books (London, England), 2000
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2000 Whitbread Children's Book Award (shortlist) for Heaven Eyes
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2001 Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Heaven Eyes
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2001 Michael L. Printz Award (USA) for Kit's Wilderness
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Secret Heart, Hodder Children's Books (London, England), 2001
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Clay Boy (radio play), produced on BBC Radio 4, 2002.
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Where Your Wings Were,Hodder Children's Books, 2002
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Hodder Children's Books, 2002
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My first children's play, Wild Girl, Wild Boy
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2003 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (shortlist) The Fire Eaters
2003 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award) The Fire Eaters -
2003 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) for The Fire Eaters
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2003 Carnegie Medal (shortlist) The Fire Eaters
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The Fire-Eaters, Hodder Children's Books (London, England), 2003
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2003 Whitbread Children's Book Award The Fire Eaters
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2004 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (USA) The Fire Eaters
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Kate, the Cat, and the Moon,2005
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2006 Costa Children's Book Award (shortlist) Clay
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2006 Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Clay
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2007 National Short Story Competition (shortlist - 'Slog's Dad')
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2007 Carnegie of Carnegies (shortlist) Skellig
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My Dad's a Birdman (illustrated by Polly Dunbar) Walker, 2007
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The Savage (illustrated by Dave McKean) Walker, 2008
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Jackdaw Summer Hodder Children's Books, 2008
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Slog's Dad (illustrated by Dave McKean) Walker, 2009
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2009 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (Sweden) (Sweden) (shortlist)
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David Almond's work is translated into more than 20 languages. He lives in Northumberland. His latest novel is My Name is Mina (2010).
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The Boy Who Climbed Into The Moon (illustrated by Polly Dunbar) Walker, 2010
