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Mark Haddon

(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

Series

Agent Z
   1. Agent Z Meets the Masked Crusader (1993)
   2. Agent Z Goes Wild (1994)
   3. Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars (1995)
   4. Agent Z and the Killer Bananas (2001)

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)

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)

Novellas and Short Stories

The Pier Falls (2016)

Series contributed to

Ox-Tales
Ox-Tales: Fire (2009) (with others)

BBC National Short Story Award
The BBC National Short Story Award 2015 (2015) (with others)

Vintage Minis
Family (2019)

Plays show

Picture Books show

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Mark Haddon

Dear NHS (2020)
100 Stories to Say Thank You
edited by
Adam Kay

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

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."

Orbital (2023)
Samantha Harvey
"One of the most beautiful novels I have read in a very long time."

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House (2021)
Cherie Jones
"A gripping thriller, a symphony of voices and a novel of deep empathy."