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Matt Haig
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January 01, 1975
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| gender |
male |
| place of birth |
Sheffield, The United Kingdom |
| website |
http://www.matthaig.com |
| genre |
Literature & Fiction
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about this author
Matt Haig was born in 1975 in Sheffield, and grew up in Newark, Nottinghamshire. He studied at Hull University and Leeds University and currently lives in York. After running his own internet marketing company and working for a nightclub in Spain, he became a full-time writer. He writes for various national newspapers, including The Guardian and The Independent.
His novels for adults are the bestseller, The Last Family in England, narrated by a labrador and optioned by Brad Pitt's film company, Plan B; The Dead Fathers Club (2006), an update of Hamlet featuring an 11-year-old boy; and The Possession of Mr Cave (2008), about a man obsessed with his daughter's safety, and currently being adapted for the screen.
His multi-award winning popular first novel for children, Shadow Forest, was published in 2007 and its sequel, The Runaway Troll, in 2009. His latest novel is The Radleys (2010).
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