He is more than just an ALMOND

A biography of David Almond

"Words should wonder." David Almond 2006

This is the biography of an award winning author of Skellig. David Almond, this is how he blossomed.

Skellig 1998As a child David was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, yet grew up in a little town called Felling. For all his life he attended St. Josephs R.C Grammar Technical School until his latter years, when he attended the university of East Anglia. Unfortunately when he was 7 years old his father and sister passed away. This made him write a lot about angels and birds. This also had an effect on the characters in his books. His Mum having arthritis has affected Skellig having arthritis.

A few years later he was inspired to write books and story's because his uncle was a printer so he grew up seeing words on paper. He always wanted his name on the front cover of a book he always dreamed of it when he went to the library. Soon after Dvid was in university studying English and American literature.

When David became an adult he worked as a teacher for a couple of years, eventually he stopped and became an author. David published his first book, Skellig in 1998 it won a number of awards. There are multiple books of his that have won awards including:

Skellig 1998

Secret hart 2004

Counting Stars 2006

My Dads a Bird Man 2008

My Name Is Mina 2010

We should say thank you to David Almond for showing that from the darkest of times beauty can emerge. Now you see how his life has effected his books. Lets hope one of his books wonders our way.