... including two BAFTAs. (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)! He was born in Northampton in 1962. Haddon graduated from Oxford University in 1981. The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-time gave Haddon bestseller status and gave him, probably, the most honorable prize: The Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, ... thinks of why the name is given, that he does not understand and why people think it looks like a hunter, when it looked more like a dinosaur. Haddon's amazing way to make Christopher see details made the persons and the environment in the book likes imagination. I ...

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... was published in 35 different countries and it sold 2.6 millions copies only in Britain, which makes it the third best selling novel of the decade. After graduating from university Mark Haddon had several sporadic jobs, one of them was at a daycare for mentally and physically challenged children, including autism. He has later said that this inspired him to write The Curious ... ...

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