to literature. Works Sleepless Nights (Cullercoats, Tyne and Wear: Iron Press, 1985), collection A Kind of Heaven (Iron Press, 1997), collection Skellig (Hodder Children's Books, 1998) Kit's Wilderness (Hodder, 1999) Counting Stars (Hodder, 2000), collection Heaven Eyes (Hodder, 2000) Secret Heart (Hodder, 2001) Where Your Wings Were (Hodder, March 2002), collection – World Book Day selection from Counting Stars, The Fire Eaters (Hodder, 2003) Clay (Hodder, 2005) My Dad's a Birdman, illus. Polly Dunbar (Walker Books, 2007) Jackdaw Summer (Hodder, 2008); US title, Raven Summer The Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon, illus. Dunbar (Walker, 2010) My Name is Mina (Hodder, 2010) – prequel to Skellig The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean (Penguin, 2011) The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas, illus. Oliver Jeffers (Walker, 2012) Mouse Bird Snake Wolf, illus. Dave McKean (Walker, 2013) A Song for Ella Grey (Hodder, 2014) The Tightrope Walkers (Penguin, 2014) The Tale of Angelino Brown (Walker Books, 2017) The Colour of the Sun (Hodder, 2018) War Is Over, illus. David Litchfield (Hodder, 2018) Brand New Boy, (Walker Books, 2020) Annie Lumsden, the Girl from the Sea, illus. Beatrice Alemagna (Candlewick Press, 2021) Picture books and graphic novels Kate, the Cat and the Moon, illus. Stephen Lambert (2004) The Savage, illus. McKean (2008) Slog's Dad, illus. McKean (2009) The Dam, illus. Levi Pinfold (2018) The Woman Who Turned Children Into Birds, illus. Laura Carlin (Walker Books, 2022) Plays Wild Girl, Wild Boy (2002) My Dad's a Birdman Noah & the Fludd Skellig (2002), adaptation of his novel Heaven Eyes, adaptation of his novel Personal life Almond now lives in Newcastle upon Tyne. He has a daughter, Freya. See also Click, a work of collaborative fiction to which Almond contributed Notes References External links David Almond at Walker Books Interview with David Almond at BBC Blast "Caedmon, the Oldest Surviving English Poet" (audio), David Almond on Cædmon, BBC Radio 3 Anglo-Saxon Portraits, broadcast 23 January 2013 1951 births Living people Alumni of the University of East Anglia Academics of Bath Spa University English children's writers Carnegie Medal in Literature winners Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing winners Michael L. Printz Award winners Costa Book Award winners Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Writers from Newcastle upon Tyne People from Felling Writers from Tyne and Wear Officers of the Order of the British Empire Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winners