Mark Haddon

Mark Haddon is a writer and artist. His bestselling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, was published in 2003. It won seventeen literary prizes, including the Whitbread Award. In 2012, a stage adaptation by Simon Stephens was produced by the UK's National Theatre and went on to win 7 Olivier Awards in 2013 and the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play. An adaptation by Sydney's Belvoir Theatre in 2024 reminded us how good this story really is.

In 2005 his poetry collection, The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea, was published by Picador, and his play, Polar Bears, was produced by the Donmar Warehouse in 2010.