David Almond is two-time winner of the Whitbread Children’s Book Award. His first novel, Skellig, won the Whitbread Children’s Award and the Carnegie Medal. His second, Kit’s Wilderness, won the Smarties Award Silver Medal, was Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal, and shortlisted for the Guardian Award. The Fire-Eaters won the Whitbread, the Smarties Gold Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. David Almond is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and innovative children’s authors writing today, and his books are bestsellers all over the world. He lives with his family in Cumbria.

Click here for David Almond’s introduction to The Fire-Eaters Teacher’s Resource

Click here for David Almond’s introduction to Kit’s Wilderness Teacher’s Resource

Click here for David Almond’s introduction to Secret Heart Teacher’s Resource

Click here to link to David Almond’s homepage

Writing Together is a partnership of literature organisations and government bodies, all working with the shared aim of bringing writers into schools. Believing that working with a writer is a unique way for children and young people to understand the power of the written word and the excitement of creative composition, Writing Together want every school to have a regular programme of writers in school and all pupils to work with a writer at least once in each key stage.

David Almond is one of the Hodder Literature writers who is taking part in the Writing Together project.

Click here for the Writing Together website