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He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1951
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He was educated at the University of East Anglia and Newcastle Polytechnic. He graduated there
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After his graduation he worked as a teacher for five years
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Iron Press
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Iron Press,
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Hodder Children's Books, Adaptations
2003 play
Skellig was adapted into a play in 2003 directed by Trevor Nunn, who thought it was important to follow the book's example of not revealing Skellig's exact nature. The play was later performed by Playbox Theatre Company in 2008. 2008 opera
Skellig has been adapted into a contemporary opera with music by American composer Tod Machover and libretto by David Almond himself. The opera was staged at The Sage Gateshead from 4 November to -
He won the Whitbread Children's Book Award for " Skellig".
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He won the Council Writers' Award for Literature for Young People.
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He won the Carnegie Medal for Skellig
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Hodder Children's Books,
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He won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for a shortlist of "Kit's Wilderness"
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He won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Silver Award) for Kit's Wilderness
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He won the Carnegie Medal for a shortlist of " Kit's Wilderness"
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He won the Whitbread Children's Book Award for "Heaven Eyes"
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Hodder Children's Books,
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Hodder Children's Books
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He won the Carnegie Medal for a shortlist of "Heaven Eyes"
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Hodder Children's Books,
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He won the Michael L. Printz Award for "Kit's Wilderness" in USA.
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Hodder Children's Books
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Hodder Children's Books,
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He won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for a shortlist of "The Fire Eaters"
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He won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for a shortlist of "The Fire Eaters"
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Hodder Children's Books,
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He won the Whitbread Children's Book Award for "The Fire Eaters"
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Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award) for "The Fire Eaters"
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Hodder Children's Books,
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He won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for "The Fire Eaters" in USA
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Hodder Children's Books
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He won the Costa Children's Book Award for a shortlist of Clay
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He won the Carnegie Medal for a shortlist of Clay
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A Scholastic book
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He won the Carnegie of Carnegies for a shortlist of Skellig
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A book that was illustrated by Polly Dunbar Walker
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He won the National Short Story Competition for a shortlist of "Slog's Dad"
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Hodder Children's Books
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A walker's book that was illustrated by Dave McKean, 2009
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Hodder Children's Books
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A walker's book that was illustrated by Polly Dunbar
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A book that was illustrated by Dave McKean
