David Almond - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	15-May-1951
Place of Birth	Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom, England, Tyne and Wear, North East England, United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories)
Nationality	United Kingdom
Profession	Novelist, Writer, Author
David Almond is a British author who has written several novels for children or young adults from 1998, each one to critical acclaim. He is one of thirty children's writers, and one of three from the U.K., to win the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, "the world's most prestigious prize in children's literature". For the 70th anniversary of the British Carnegie Medal in 2007, his debut novel Skellig was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite. It ranked third in the public vote from that shortlist.

Awards by David Almond

Check all the awards nominated and won by David Almond.

2013

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize	The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas

2011

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize	My Name Is Mina
Carnegie Medal in Literature	The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2010

Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Carnegie Medal in Literature	Jackdaw Summer

2009

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Carnegie Medal in Literature	My Dad's A Birdman
Carnegie Medal in Literature	The Savage
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2008

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2007

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2006

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize	Clay
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2005

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Carnegie Medal in Literature	Clay
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2004

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2003

Nestlé Smarties Book Prize

Honored for : The Fire-Eaters

(Gold Award, 9-11 years )

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Carnegie Medal in Literature	The Fire-Eaters
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize	The Fire-Eaters
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize	The Fire-Eaters Gold Award, 9-11 years

2001

Michael L. Printz Award

Honored for : Kit's Wilderness

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Michael L. Printz Award	Kit's Wilderness

2000

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Michael L. Printz Award	Skellig Honor Book
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize	Kit's Wilderness
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature	Skellig

1999

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize	Kit's Wilderness
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize	Kit's Wilderness Silver Award, 9-11 years

1998

Carnegie Medal in Literature	Honored for : Skellig

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