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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
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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.
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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
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Arts Council Writers' Award (for Literature for Young People)
Carnegie Medal Skellig
Whitbread Children's Book Award Skellig -
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) Kit's Wilderness
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Silver Award) Kit's Wilderness -
Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Kit's Wilderness
Whitbread Children's Book Award (shortlist) Heaven Eyes -
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 -
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (USA) The Fire Eaters
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Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Clay
Costa Children's Book Award (shortlist) Clay -
Carnegie of Carnegies (shortlist) Skellig
National Short Story Competition (shortlist - 'Slog's Dad' -
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (Sweden) (Sweden) (shortlist)
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Hans Christian Andersen Award
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Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Heaven Eyes
Michael L. Printz Award (USA) Kit's Wilderness
