His works are highly philosophical and thus appeal to children and adults alike.
His first play aimed at adolescents, Wild Girl, Wild Boy, toured in 2001 and was published in 2002. His subsequent novels are: Kit's Wilderness (1999), Heaven Eyes (2000), Secret Heart (2001), The Fire Eaters (2003) and Clay (2005). His first children's novel, Skellig (1998), set in Newcastle, won the Whitbread Children's Novel of the Year Award and also the Carnegie Medal. He started out as an author of adult fiction before finding his niche writing literature for young adults. When he was young, he found his love of writing when some short stories of his were published in a local magazine. He was born and raised in Felling and Newcastle in post-industrial North East England and educated at the University of East Anglia. David Almond is a British children's writer who has penned several novels, each one to critical acclaim.
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