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Mark Haddon

Biography

Mark Haddon

Mark Haddon is the author of the bestselling novels THE RED HOUSE and A SPOT OF BOTHER. His novel THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction and is the basis for the Tony Award–winning play. He is the author of a collection of poetry, THE TALKING HORSE AND THE SAD GIRL AND THE VILLAGE UNDER THE SEA, has written and illustrated numerous children’s books, and has won awards for both his radio dramas and his television screenplays. He teaches creative writing for the Arvon Foundation and lives in Oxford, England.

Mark Haddon

Books by Mark Haddon

The Red House
by Mark Haddon - Fiction

Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister Angela and her family to join him for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside. Richard has just re-married and inherited a willful stepdaughter in the process; Angela has a feckless husband and three children who sometimes seem alien to her. The stage is set for seven days of resentment and guilt, a staple of family gatherings the world over.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon - Mystery

Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow. This is the improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog.