Mark Haddon's picture
68 followers
376 books added

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.

Awards: Waverton (2004), Whitbread (2003), LA Times (2003)  see all

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

thumb
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)
thumbthumbthumbthumb
thumbthumbthumbthumb
 
Collections
   The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea (poems) (2005)
   Six Shorts (2013) (with others)
   The Pier Falls and Other Stories (2016)
   Two Stories (2017) (with Virginia Woolf)
   Eight Ghosts (2017) (with others)
   Dogs and Monsters (2024)
thumbthumbthumbthumb
thumbthumb
 
Novellas and Short Stories
   The Pier Falls (2016)
thumb
 
Series contributed to
Ox-Tales
   Ox-Tales: Fire (2009) (with others)
thumb
 
thumb
 
Vintage Minis
   Family (2019)
thumb
 
Plays show
 
Picture Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Mark Haddon
thumb
Dear NHS (2020)
100 Stories to Say Thank You
edited by
Adam Kay
thumb
The New Abject (2017)
Tales of Modern Unease
edited by
Sarah Eyre and Ra Page

Awards
2004 Waverton Good Read Award : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2003 Whitbread Prize for Best Novel : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2003 Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Award nominations
2020 British Book Award 30 from 30 Special Award (shortlist) : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2019 Goldsmiths Prize (nominee) : The Porpoise
2015 BBC National Short Story Prize (nominee) : Bunny
2006 Costa Book Award for Best Novel (nominee) : A Spot of Bother
2003 James Tait Black Memorial Prize (nominee) : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2003 Booker Prize (longlist) : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time


Mark Haddon recommends
thumb
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."
thumb
Orbital (2023)
Samantha Harvey
"One of the most beautiful novels I have read in a very long time."
thumb
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House (2021)
Cherie Jones
"A gripping thriller, a symphony of voices and a novel of deep empathy."

More recommendations 


Visitors also looked at these authors


About Fantastic Fiction       Information for Authors