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David Almond FRSL is a British author who has written several novels for children and young adults from 1998, each one receiving critical acclaim.

He is one of thirty children's writers, and one of three from the UK, to win the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award.

For the 70th anniversary of the British Carnegie Medal in 2007, his debut novel Skellig was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite. It ranked third in the public vote from that shortlist. Wikipedia  

✵ 15. May 1951
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Works

My Name Is Mina
My Name Is Mina
David Almond
Kit's Wilderness
Kit's Wilderness
David Almond
Skellig
Skellig
David Almond
My Name Is Mina
My Name Is Mina
David Almond
Kit's Wilderness
Kit's Wilderness
David Almond
Skellig
Skellig
David Almond
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Famous David Almond Quotes

“There's light and joy, but there's also darkness all around and we can be lost in it.”

David Almond book Kit's Wilderness

Source: Kit's Wilderness

“Everybody's got the seam of goodness in them, Kit," said Grandpa. "Just a matter of whether it can be found and brought out into the light.”

David Almond book Kit's Wilderness

Source: Kit's Wilderness

“What are you?" I whispered.
He shrugged again.
"Something," he said. "Something like you, something like a beast, something like a bird, something like an angel." He laughed. "Something like that.”

David Almond book Skellig

Source: Skellig

“Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing.”

David Almond book My Name Is Mina

Source: My Name Is Mina

“They say that shoulder blades are where your wings were, when you were an angel," she said. "They say they're where your wings will grow again one day.”

David Almond book Skellig

Source: Skellig

“Maybe we're all in somebody's dream. Maybe everything's a dream, and nothing else.”

David Almond book My Name Is Mina

Source: My Name Is Mina

David Almond Quotes

“Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep.”

David Almond book My Name Is Mina

Source: My Name Is Mina

“Writing will be like a journey, every word a footstep that takes me further into undiscovered land.”

David Almond book My Name Is Mina

Source: My Name Is Mina

“And what is wrong with playing with words? Words love to be played with, just like children or kittens do!”

David Almond book My Name Is Mina

Source: My Name Is Mina

“I sit in my tree
I sing like the birds
My beak is my pen
My songs are my poems.”

David Almond book My Name Is Mina

Source: My Name Is Mina

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