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David Mitchell


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David Mitchell was born in 1969 and his first novel, Ghostwritten, was published by Sceptre in 1999 to great acclaim and won the Mail on Sunday / John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. His second novel, Number9dream (2001) was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He was chosen as one of Granta's 20 Best Young British Novelists 2003.
 

Genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   Ghostwritten (1999)
   Number9dream (1999)
   Cloud Atlas (2004)
   Black Swan Green (2005)
   The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (2010)
   The Bone Clocks (2014)
   Slade House (2015)
   Utopia Avenue (2020)
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Collections
   I'm with the Bears (2011) (with others)
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Non fiction
   Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight (2017) (with Naoki Higashida)
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Awards
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2001) : Number9dream
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2001) : Number9dream
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2004) : Cloud Atlas
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2004) : Cloud Atlas
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (2005) : Cloud Atlas
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (2005) : Cloud Atlas
The Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year Best Book winner (2005) : Cloud Atlas
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2006) : Black Swan Green
Costa Book Awards Best Novel nominee (2006) : Black Swan Green
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2010) : The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Walter Scott Prize Best Historical Novel nominee (2011) : The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2014) : The Bone Clocks
World Fantasy Best Novel winner (2015) : The Bone Clocks


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