Mark Haddon

Mark Haddon
Born (1962-09-26) 26 September 1962 (age 62)
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
OccupationWriter, illustrator
NationalityEnglish
EducationMA, English Literature
Alma materMerton College, Oxford
Uppingham School
Spratton Hall School
Period1987–present
GenreNovels, children's literature, poetry, screenplays, radio drama
Notable awards
SpouseSos Eltis
Children2
Website
markhaddon.com

Mark Haddon (born 26 September 1962) 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.