About Author
David Almond is known world-wide as the Michael L. Printz, Carnegie, Whitbread, and Smarties Award?winning author of Skellig, Clay, and many other novels, stories, and plays, including The Savage and Slog's Dad, illustrated by Dave McKean. In 2010, he was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award for the body of his work. David Almond lives in Northumberland, England, with his family.
