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Mark Haddon is a British writer, poet, novelist, and screenwriter born in Northampton. He began his professional work period in 1987 and writes in the English language. His notable works include *The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time*, *Gilbert's gobstopper*, *Dogs and Monsters*, and *Ox-Tales*. He has also written for TheGuardian.com.
Haddon’s field of work encompasses children's and young adult literature, poetry, radio drama, and book illustration. He was educated at Merton College and Uppingham School. His literary achievements include receiving the Costa Book Awards and the O. Henry Award. He was also nominated for the Booker Prize.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 26 September 1962
- Works
- 121
Top works
- Gilbert's gobstopper
- Dogs and Monsters
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
- Ox-Tales
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mark
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Northampton
- Occupation
- playwright
- Educated at
- Uppingham School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- O. Henry Award
- Field of work
- book illustration
- Official website
- www.markhaddon.com
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- date of birth
- 1962-10-28
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- social media followers
- 15857
- name in native language
- Mark Haddon
- writing language
- English language
- nominated for
- Booker Prize
- has written for
- TheGuardian.com
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