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	David Almond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		David Almond is a British children's writer who has penned several novels, each one to critical acclaim.
		He is an author often suggested on National Curriculum reading lists in the United Kingdom and has attracted the attention of academics who specialise in the study of children's literature.
		Almond currently lives with his family in Northumberland, England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Almond (241 words)

	C4 - BookBox - Authors - Biography of David Almond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		David Almond was brought up in a small town called Felling on the edge of the River Tyne.
		David was a teacher but he wanted to be a writer so much that he gave up his job, sold his house and went off to live in a writers' commune so that he could write full-time.
		David lives not far from where he was brought up with his partner, Sara Jane, and their daughter Freya.
	www.channel4.com /learning/microsites/B/bookbox/authors/almond (264 words)

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		David Almond was born May 15, 1951 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
		David Almond is married to Sara Jane Palmer, who is a ceramist and sculpture.
		David Almond graduated at the University of East Anglia, where he got a degree in English and American literature.
	www.friendswood.isd.tenet.edu /ba/ar/CourneyV (757 words)

	Review \| Kit's Wilderness by David Almond
		And if it sounds genuinely frightening, it is. Almond's mastery is such that he takes his young readers on a haunting journey that manages to hang in some positive messages in a very subtle way.
		Almond weaves in enough threads for three kids' books, with some left over to do justice to a novel aimed at a more adult readership.
		David Almond's first children's book, Skellig, was the winner of the 1998 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award.
	www.januarymagazine.com /kidsbooks/kitswilderness.html (639 words)

	Author Profile: David Almond
		David Almond says he had always wanted to be a writer.
		Almond's second young adult novel, KIT'S WILDERNESS, is quickly earning the same kind of praise, having already received honors in England and several terrific reviews here since its American release from Delacorte in March 2000.
		Editor Shannon Maughan recently spoke with David Almond by telephone as he was completing his first US book tour (and first-ever visit to the States) in late March.
	www.teenreads.com /authors/au-almond-david.asp (1030 words)

	BBC - Blast - Profile - David Almond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Best selling author David Almond won the 'Whitbread Children's book of the year' with his first novel for 'Skellig' and since then has become widely regarded as one of the most original and compelling authors writing for young people today.
		In 1998 David published his first novel for young people 'Skellig', which was a huge success to be followed by other children's books 'Kit's Wilderness', 'Heaven Eyes', 'Sacred Heart' and a collection of short stories based on his childhood 'Counting Stars'.
		David's latest novel 'The Fire-Eaters' is set in a small Newcastle community at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
	www.bbc.co.uk /blast/writing/profiles/wprofile_dalmond.shtml (285 words)

	Jubilee Books - Profile of David Almond
		For most of his writing career David was a teacher, firstly in a primary school, then as an adult literacy tutor, then as a teacher for children with learning difficulties.
		At one point David gave up his job, sold his house, and spent a year living and writing in a remote Norfolk commune, he started to write children's stories after he finished a series of stories about his own childhood.
		David has also published lots of adult fiction including work in magazines and two collections of short stories 'Sleepless Nights' and 'A Kind of Heaven', some of these stories have also been broadcast on Radio 4.
	www.jubileebooks.co.uk /jubilee/magazine/authors/david_almond/almond.asp (360 words)

	Secret Heart by David Almond, Search Cheap Books, Discount Books, ISBN 0807209457
		David Almond's extraordinary books skirt the edge of fantasy with stories that reveal the magic all around us in everyday life.
		David Almond's fifth book is a haunting look at an unusual young boy, written beautifully and with fantastic, memorable characters.
		Almond's stark prose becomes much more flowery halfway through, when Joe meets up with the circus people; it lends itself to a few genuinely nauseating interludes where we see the sort of killing that Joff urges boys to do, claiming that it will make men out of them.
	www.comparebookprices.ca /book_detail/0807209457 (1215 words)

	Interview \| David Almond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		David Almond sees himself as a realist and as the author of strongly realistic fiction for children and young teenagers.
		Talking with David Almond, though, you get the feeling that all of this gentle mysticism might seem normal to the 50-year-old Newcastle author.
		Once the book was available and kids everywhere started reading it, Almond became something of an overnight sensation: at least in the children's literary circles in which his books travel.
	www.janmag.com /profiles/almond.html (3387 words)

	icNewcastle - Enjoy the magic of reading
		Mr Almond's new book, due out in November, is entitled Clay and again draws heavily on his childhood experiences growing up in Felling.
		Mr Almond visits schools across the region and is overwhelmed by the interest from youngsters.
		David Almond is backing a Government competition to get children writing as well as reading.
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	Skellig by David Almond, a book review for www.readingmatters.co.uk
		David Almond is bringing him in with tense, and not talking about him much, the word him is not enough detail so we describe him as a creature.
		David Almond is a really good author, how he described the characters was just excellent, I will definitely read the book again.
		David Almond has produed a book that takes you into the great depths of others feelings and lets you feel like your part of the book and at many parts makes you feel like your in the caracter.
	www.readingmatters.co.uk /book2.php?id=29 (11730 words)

	Amazon.com: Kit's Wilderness (Readers Circle): Books: David Almond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Like David Almond's 1998 Whitbread-winning Skellig, this powerful, eerie, elegantly written novel celebrates the magic that is part of our existence--the magic that occurs when we dream at night, the magic that connects us to family long gone, the magic that connects humans to the land, and us all to each other.
		Almond has retained his love of grand all encompassing themes, and fit them within the confines of a small perfect novel.
		David Almond did a good job going into detail about things that are going through the kid's heads as things are happening to them and the game death.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0440416051?v=glance (2786 words)

	Amazon.com: Skellig: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		British novelist David Almond works magic as he examines the large issues of death, life, friendship, love, and the breathtaking connections between all things.
		British novelist Almond makes a triumphant debut in the field of children's literature with prose that is at once eerie, magical and poignant.
		David Almond is an incredible author of children's/young adult fiction, and this book, along with Kit's Wilderness, is the proof.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0440416027?v=glance (2322 words)

	David Almond, Skellig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		David Almond has several novels for adults to his name in the United Kingdom, but Skellig is his first book for younger readers.
		Michael and his parents and baby sister have just moved into a crumbling "fixer-upper," which might have been more exciting were his sister not seriously ill. Left to his own devices, he explores the dilapidated garage and makes a startling discovery.
		Almond writes with a rare and magical sense of wonder, and the reader can't help but feel its influence.
	www.rambles.net /almond_skellig.html (282 words)

	Powell's Books - The Fire-Eaters by David Almond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The winner of the Michael L. Printz Award for Kit's Wilderness returns with a magical tale of a young boy coming of age at the height of the Cold War.
		His first novel for children, Skellig, was a Michael L. Printz Honor Book and an ALA Notable Book and appeared on many best book of the year lists.
		David Almond lives in Newcastle, England, with his partner and their daughter.
	www.powells.com /biblio/0385731701 (627 words)

	David Almond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In COUNTING STARS David Almond tackles the themes common to his work - joy, darkness, love, death and identity - with exquisite sensitivity and tenderness.
		David's childhood in the north of England was the inspiration for much of his work, and in these beautiful stories he creates a tangible picture of growing up in a large Catholic family.
		But the sense of mystery and wonderment we have come to expect from David is also present, and it is fascinating to see the kernels of his novels revealed.
	authorpages.hoddersystems.com /DavidAlmond/bottom.asp (127 words)

	David Almond
		This website aims to offer you an insight into David Almond, the author and his work; from backlist and information on new titles to exclusive material he has written especially for the site.
		David Almond is twice winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award.
		David is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and innovative children's authors writing today, and his books are bestsellers all over the world.
	www.davidalmond.com (146 words)

	David Almond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		David Almond grew up in a big family in a small town overlooking the River Tyne.
		He says, 'It was a place of ancient coal mines, dark terraced streets, strange shops, new estates and wild heather hills.' He had always wanted to be a writer though he told very few people until he was an adult.
		David Almond's debut novel was Skellig, which won the 1998 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year and the Carnegie Medal but was also shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.
	www.btinternet.com /~alison.thursby/AuthorInfo/Da.htm (146 words)

	David Almond \| About the Author
		I think that stories are living things — among the most important things in the world."
		David Almond is the winner of the 2001 Michael L. Printz Award for Kit's Wilderness, which has also been named best book of the year by School Library Journal, Booklist, and Publishers Weekly.
		His first book for young readers, Skellig, is a Printz Honor winner.
	www.randomhouse.com /features/davidalmond/about.html (348 words)

	Teenreads.com -- COUNTING STARS by David Almond
		David Almond is the author of several critically acclaimed books, including the marvelous SKELLIG, about things with wings; the mysterious KIT'S WILDERNESS, about things deep underground; and the peculiar HEAVEN'S EYES, about runaway orphans finding family in the presence of a simple, innocent girl.
		Another, "Loosa Fine," is about a mentally and emotionally disturbed girl who claims to see visions of the Virgin Mary and is sold as a prostitute by one of her guardians.
		Almond's tone of personal and spiritual exploration puts this book in the company of classics like A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce and Ray Bradbury's idyllic elegy to growing up in small town America, DANDELION WINE.
	www.teenreads.com /reviews/0440418267.asp (444 words)

	Girlposse.com Book Review - Secret Heart by David Almond
		The transformative power of imagination and beauty flows through this story of a boy who walks where others wouldn’t dare to go, a boy with the heart of a tiger, an unlikely hero who knows that sometimes the most important things are the most mysterious.
		He has been called "the foremost practitioner in children's literature of magical realism." (Booklist) His first book for young readers, Skellig, is a Printz Honor winner.
		Joe Maloney departs on a journey of discovery within himself, and his tale brings forth a force of feeling in you as you read that will leave you entranced.
	www.girlposse.com /reviews/books/secret_heart.html (285 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: David Almond
		Kit's association with Askew takes him into the mines where the boys look to find the childhood ghosts of their long-gone ancestors.
		David Almond's extraordinary novels have established him as an author of unique insight and skill.
		These stories encapsulate his endless sense of mystery and wonderment, as they weave a tangible tapestry of growing up in a large, loving family.
	www.fictionwise.com /eBooks/DavidAlmondeBooks.htm (541 words)

	Powell's Books - Heaven Eyes by David Almond
		In the mud of the Black Middens, Erin and January find the strange girl called Heaven Eyes, and it is she who will help these damaged children.
		David Almond grew up in a large family in northeastern England and says, "The place and the people have given me many of my stories".
		David Almond lives in England with his partner and their daughter, Freya.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=28224&cgi=product&isbn=0440229103 (386 words)

	Books at Random House of Canada - Author Spotlight: David Almond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		David Almond turns his talents to drama in these two plays.
		With stories that shimmer and vibrate in the bright heat of memory, David Almond creates a glowing mosaic of his life growing up in a large, loving Catholic family.
		He tenderly portrays those moments of awakening that carry a boy’s imagination far from the comforts and limits of his crowded home...
	www.randomhouse.ca /catalog/author.pperl?authorid=450 (1378 words)

	David Almond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		David Almond, a somewhat recent contributor to the realm of young adult literature, holds a fascination for the reader that is not readily apparent.
		Based on the lore and intrigue that surrounded him as a child, Almond creates the characters in his books with an aura of the unreal, which in turn surrounds the reader, enclosing them in a fascinating, imaginary world.
		He gently pulls them through events in the story to the conclusion, leaving the reader with a sensation of “Did I really understand what the author was intending, or did I imagine it?”
	www.clt.astate.edu /sparks/Authors%20and%20Illustrators/David%20Almond.htm (95 words)

	ALA \| 2001 Michael L. Printz Award
		David Almond, author of "Kit's Wilderness," was named the winner of the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature for young adults.
		"Almond creates a heartbreakingly real world fused with magic realism as he juggles several plot elements with dexterity.
		David Almond grew up in a mining community in northeastern England and draws upon his childhood memories in his writing.
	www.ala.org /ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/previouswinners/2001michaell.htm (481 words)

	David Almond Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		This is the first picture book by award-winning David Almond, beautifully illustrated by highly acclaimed illustrator Stephen Lambert.
		It is a magical story about Kate who changes into a cat and roams the countryside by the light of the moon while the rest of the world is fast asleep.
		And indeed, Joe's dreams are already stalked by a tiger, so real that his skin and its pelt begin to feel as one...
	improbability.ultralab.net /writeaway/davidalmondreviews.htm (217 words)

	Reading Matters: David Almond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		David Almond writes beautiful stories which start off in reality and end up in total fantasy, and the transition is so smooth you can't see the join.
		Now, on the last day, when the very canvas of the tent is thin and frayed and starting to tear, who is strong and brave enough to lead the tiger back to the forest?
		Another beautiful hymn to humanity from David Almond.
	www.readingmatters.co.uk /author.php?id=24 (192 words)

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