'A glimpse over the edge'

 

“From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness.” – Mark Haddon 

 

Born in England on Sept. 26, 1962 Haddon is best known for his book and play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – about a 15-year-old boy with Asperger’s syndrome and winner of the Whitbread Award, the Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth Writers Prize.

                          

The author of 30 books and numerous short stories, he said it was his “late” discovery of the joy of reading that took him off a path headed toward a career in mathematics and onto one in the writing world.   His most recent book Dogs and Monsters was published in 2024.

 

Haddon utilizes a combination of humor, sensitivity and adventure in his writing.

 

He said his advice to new writers is simple: “Use your imagination, and you'll see that even the most narrow, humdrum lives are infinite in scope if you examine them with enough care.”