8.+Author

 =**__Mark Haddon__ **= = = Mark Haddon was born 1962, in Northampton, England. He studied for a BA in English at Merton College in Oxford and graduated in 1981. During his early career, he assisted patients with multiple autism, and worked a variety of part-time jobs, including at a theater box office and in a mail order business; worked as an illustrator and cartoonist for periodicals.

The forty-nine year old British writer now lives in Oxford with his wife, Sos Eltis, who is a fellow in English Literature at Brasenose College and their son, Alfie.

//(for youth) // //(for adults) // (source: [])
 * //__Other Works __// **
 * //Gilbert's Gobstopper (1987) //
 * //Mikie Joy //
 * //Toni and the Tomato Soup (1988) //
 * //A Narrow Escape for Princess Sharon (1989) //
 * // Agent Z Meets the Masked Crusader (1993) //
 * //Titch Johnson, Almost World Champion (1993) //
 * // Agent Z Goes Wild (1994) //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">At Home //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">At Playgroup //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In the Garden //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">On Holiday //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Gridzbi Spudvetch (1992) //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Real Porky Phillips (1994) //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars (1995) //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Sea of Tranquility (1996) //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Secret Agent Handbook //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Agent Z and the Killer Bananas (2001) //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Ocean Star Express (2001) //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> The Ice Bear's Cave (2002) //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Boom! (2009) //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (2003) //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> A Spot of Brother (2006) //

__<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Awards __ <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(source: [])
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2007
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">BAFTA (Best Single Television Drama), Coming Down the Mountain, nomination
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2006
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Costa Novel Award, A Spot of Bother, shortlist
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2005
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">British Book Awards Book of the Year, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, shortlist
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2005
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">BAFTA (Best Children's Writer), Fungus the Bogeyman, nomination
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2005
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">BAFTA (Best Children's Drama), Fungus the Bogeyman, nomination
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2004
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">WH Smith Award for Fiction, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, shortlist
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2004
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">South Bank Show Annual Award for Literature, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2003
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Whitbread Novel Award, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2003
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Whitbread Book of the Year, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2003
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2003
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Carnegie Medal, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, shortlist
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2003
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">British Book Awards Literary Fiction Award, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2003
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2003
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">British Book Awards Book of the Year, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, shortlist
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2003
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">British Book Awards Author of the Year, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, shortlist
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2003
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Booktrust Teenage Prize, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1999
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">BAFTA (Best Children's Drama), Microsoap
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1998
 * <span style="color: #353743; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Royal Television Society Award, Microsoap, Best Children's Drama