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Mark Haddon


UK flag (b.1962)

Mark Haddon is an author, illustrator and screenwriter who has written fifteen books for children and won two BAFTAs. He lives in Oxford.

Genres: Children's Fiction, Literary Fiction, Horror
 
New and upcoming books
August 2024

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Dogs and Monsters
 
Novels
   Gridzbi Spudvetch! (1993)
   Titch Johnson (1993)
   Real Porky Philips (1994)
   The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2002)
   A Spot of Bother (2006)
   Boom! (2009)
   The Red House (2012)
   The Porpoise (2019)
   Dogs and Monsters (2024)
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Collections
   The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea (poems) (2005)
   Ox-Tales: Fire (2009) (with others)
   Six Shorts (2013) (with others)
   The BBC National Short Story Award 2015 (2015) (with others)
   The Pier Falls and Other Stories (2016)
   Two Stories (2017) (with Virginia Woolf)
   Eight Ghosts (2017) (with others)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Pier Falls (2016)
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Series contributed to
Vintage Minis
   Family (2019)
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Plays show
 
Picture Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Mark Haddon recommends
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The Ministry of Time (2024)
Kaliane Bradley
"A fantastic debut: conceptually brilliant, really funny, genuinely moving, written in the most exquisite language and with a wonderful articulation of the knotty complexities of a mixed-race heritage."
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Orbital (2023)
Samantha Harvey
"One of the most beautiful novels I have read in a very long time."
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How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House (2021)
Cherie Jones
"A gripping thriller, a symphony of voices and a novel of deep empathy."

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Anthologies containing stories by Mark Haddon
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Dear NHS (2020)
100 Stories to Say Thank You
edited by
Adam Kay
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The New Abject (2017)
Tales of Modern Unease
edited by
Sarah Eyre and Ra Page

Awards
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2003) : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Whitbread Prize Best Novel winner (2003) : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Costa Book Awards Best Novel nominee (2006) : A Spot of Bother
Goldsmiths Prize Best Book nominee (2019) : The Porpoise


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