David Almond
David Almond
David Almond FRSLis a British author who has written several novels for children and young adults from 1998, each one receiving critical acclaim...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth15 May 1951
lying rivers joy
We have each other, and our stories twist and mingle like the twisting currents of a river. We hold each other tight as we spin and lurch across our lives. There are moments of great joy and magic. The most astounding things can lie waiting as each day dawns, as each page turns.
light grandpa matter
Everybody's got the seam of goodness in them, Kit," said Grandpa. "Just a matter of whether it can be found and brought out into the light.
sleep night gone
Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep.
writing down-and pages
The best tip for writing is just to write; to sit down and write, to begin doing it and not to be scared by the blank page.
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.