Mark Haddon
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| Mark Haddon | |
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| Born | September 26, 1962 Northampton |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Sos Eltis |
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Mark Haddon (born on September 26, 1962 in Northampton) is a British novelist and poet, best known for his 2003 novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
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[edit] Life and work
Haddon was educated at Uppingham School and Merton College, Oxford, where he studied English.
In 2003, Haddon won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and in 2004, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Overall Best First Book for his novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, a book which is written from the perspective of a boy with Aspergers syndrome. Haddon's knowledge of Aspergers syndrome, a type of autism, comes from his work with autistic people as a young man.[1] In an interview at Powells.com, Haddon claimed that this was the first book that he wrote intentionally for an adult audience; he was surprised when his publisher suggested marketing it to both adult and child audiences.[1] His second adult-novel, A Spot of Bother, was published in September 2006.
Mark Haddon is also known for his series of Agent Z books, one of which, Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars, was made into a 1996 Children's BBC sitcom. He also wrote the screenplay for the BBC television adaptation of Raymond Briggs's story Fungus the Bogeyman, screened on BBC1 in 2004. In 2007 he wrote the BBC television drama Coming Down the Mountain.
Haddon is a vegetarian, and enjoys vegetarian cookery.[citation needed] He describes himself as a 'hard-line atheist'.[2] In an interview with The Observer, Haddon said "I am atheist in a very religious mould".[3] His atheism might be inferred from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time in which the main character declares that those who believe in God are stupid.
Mark Haddon lives in Oxford with his wife Dr. Sos Eltis, a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, and their two young sons.[2]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Youth titles
- Gilbert's Gobstopper
- Mikie Joy
- Toni and the Tomato Soup
- A Narrow Escape for Princess Sharon
- Agent Z Meets the Masked Crusader
- Titch Johnson, Almost World Champion
- Agent Z Goes Wild
- At Home
- At Playgroup
- In the Garden
- On Holiday
- The Real Porky Phillips
- Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars
- The Sea of Tranquility
- Secret Agent Handbook
- Agent Z and the Killer Bananas
- Ocean Star Express
- The Ice Bear's Cave
- Gridzbi Spudvetch!
[edit] For adults
[edit] Poetry
[edit] References
- ^ a b "The Curiously Irresistible Literary Debut of Mark Haddon", Powells.com. URL last accessed 2008-05-11
- ^ a b "'Inside a curious mind'", Times Online. URL last accessed 2008-05-11
- ^ "'B is for bestseller'", The Observer. URL last accessed 2008-05-11
[edit] External links
- Mark Haddon's Website
- Mark Haddon at Contemporary Writers
- Mark Haddon at the Internet Movie Database
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time website
- The Official A Spot of Bother Website (UK)
- Mark Haddon interview: Coming Down the Mountain
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