Since Skellig his novels, stories, and plays have also brought international success and widespread critical acclaim. In the next seven years, four more novels by Almond made the Carnegie Medal shortlist of five to eight books. He then wrote a series of stories which drew on his own childhood, and which would eventually be published as Counting Stars, published by Hodder in 2000. His second collection, A Kind of Heaven, appeared in 1987. CareerĪlmond published his first collection of stories in 1985, Sleepless Nights. He returned to Newcastle and worked as a part-time special-needs teacher while editing the literary journal Panurge. After graduating, Almond worked as a teacher for five years he then moved to an artists' commune in Norfolk and concentrated on his writing. He was educated at the University of East Anglia and Newcastle Polytechnic.
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