Daniel Tammet
Daniel Paul Tammet is an English writer and savant. His memoir, Born on a Blue Day (2006), is about his early life with Asperger syndrome and savant syndrome, and was named a "Best Book for Young Adults" in 2008 by the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services magazine. Tammet's second book, Embracing the Wide Sky, was one of France's best-selling books of 2009.
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- London
- Educated at
- The Open University
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- 🏆 honorary doctorate
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