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    The document provides biographical information about author David Almond. It details that he was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and dreamed of becoming a writer as a child. It discusses his career as a teacher before becoming a published author, with his first collection of stories in 1985. His novels and stories have received international success and critical acclaim.

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    The document provides biographical information about author David Almond. It details that he was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and dreamed of becoming a writer as a child. It discusses his career as a teacher before becoming a published author, with his first collection of stories in 1985. His novels and stories have received international success and critical acclaim.

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    DAVID ALMOND

    Almond was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1951 and


    raised in neighbouring Felling. His mother a shorthand
    typist. As a child, he dreamed of becoming a writer and
    "wrote stories and stitched them into little books. He
    describes his childhood as one with "much joy" but also
    "much sadness," losing his younger sister and father at a
    young age.

    After graduating, Almond worked as a teacher for five


    years; He returned to Newcastle and worked as a part-
    time special-needs teacher while editing the literary
    journal Panurge.

    Almond published his first collection of stories in 1985,


    Sleepless Nights. His second collection, A Kind of
    Heaven, appeared in 1987. Since Skellig his novels,
    stories, and plays have also brought international success
    and widespread critical acclaim. They are Kit's
    Wilderness (1999), Heaven Eyes (2000), Secret Heart
    (2001), The Fire Eaters (2003), Clay (2005), Jackdaw
    Summer (2008), and My Name is Mina (2010), a prequel
    to Skellig. His plays include Wild Girl, Wild Boy, My
    Dad's a Birdman, Noah & the Fludd and the stage
    adaptations of Skellig and Heaven Eyes.

    His works are highly philosophical and thus appeal to


    children and adults alike. Recurring themes throughout
    include the complex relationships between apparent
    opposites He won the Hans Christian Andersen Award
    for his writing, which biennially recognises the "lasting
    contribution" of one living author. Skellig and Kit's
    Wilderness. She called bibliotherapy.

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