Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon is an English novelist, best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003). He won the Whitbread Award, the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, the Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth Writers' Prize for his work.
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- Born in
- Northampton
- Educated at
- Merton CollegeUppingham School
- Awards
- 🏆 O. Henry Award🏆 Costa Book Awards
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1962
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