David Almond — British Author born on May 15, 1951,

David Almond FRSL is a British author who has written several novels for children and young adults from 1998, each one to critical acclaim... (wikipedia)

Themes around education and learning run through my work.
My work explores the frontier between rationalism and superstition and the wavering boundary between the two.
I learned to be a regional writer by reading people like Flannery O'Connor. She was a huge influence.
I know I'm writing better now than I ever did for adults because I'm writing for an audience who know that they don't know everything.
The sounds and rhythms of words are really important to me.