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Mark Haddon

1962 - Today

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Mark Haddon (born 26 September 1962) is an English novelist, best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003). He won the Whitbread Award, the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, the Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth Writers' Prize for his work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Mark Haddon is the 5,861st most popular writer (down from 5,601st in 2024), the 4,865th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,309th in 2019) and the 526th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Mark Haddon ranks 5,861 out of 7,302. Before him are Ferreira Gullar, Barbara Kingsolver, Vladislav Krapivin, Jorge Enrique Adoum, Kazimierz Wierzyński, and Ferenc Móra. After him are John Keel, Karel Schoeman, Gjorgji Abadžiev, Lady Charlotte Guest, Paul-Eerik Rummo, and Flora Nwapa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Mark Haddon ranks 395. Before him are Michael Konsel, Torsten Gütschow, Buck Angel, Massimo Bottura, Steven Brill, and Bobcat Goldthwait. After him are Billy Beane, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, Liviu Dragnea, Aleksandr Dedyushko, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, and Hatice Aslan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mark Haddon ranks 4,866 out of 8,785. Before him are John Eliot (1604), Barnes Wallis (1887), Bart McGhee (1899), Michelle Dockery (1981), Josh Bowman (1988), and Neil Dudgeon (1961). After him are Doogie White (1960), David Owen (1938), Lady Charlotte Guest (1812), John Paul Young (1950), Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), and Geoffrey Crossley (1921).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mark Haddon ranks 526. Before him are Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Joe Orton (1933), John Clare (1793), Arthur Symons (1865), Francis Chichester (1901), and John Wain (1925). After him are Lady Charlotte Guest (1812), James Hogg (1770), Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823), Charles Wilkins (1749), David Seidler (1937), and Susanna Clarke (1959).

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