Week 2. Activity 3 Author's biography by Arleth Issel Villanueva Garza https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1 Integrantes: Arleth Villanueva y Fernanda Legarreta en-us 2021-02-05 17:43:54 UTC 2025-03-15 07:24:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f98b.png Mark Haddon was born in Northampton in 1962. arlethvillanueva https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2005992966 2022-01-22 01:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2005992966 He graduated from Oxford University in 1981, returning later to study for an M.Sc. in English Literature at Edinburgh University. He then undertook a variety of jobs, including work with children and adults with mental and physical disabilities. He also worked as an illustrator for magazines and a cartoonist. arlethvillanueva https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2005993164 2022-01-22 01:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2005993164 His first book for children, Gilbert's Gobstopper, appeared in 1987 and was followed by many other books and picture books for children, many of which he also illustrated. These include the 'Agent Z' series and the 'Baby Dinosaurs' series. From 1996 he also worked on television projects and a lot of other things. arlethvillanueva https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2005993311 2022-01-22 01:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2005993311 In 2003 his novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, was published and has been hugely successful. It is the first book to have been published simultaneously in two imprints - one for children and one for adults. It has won a string of prestigious awards, including the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year. arlethvillanueva https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2005993605 2022-01-22 01:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2005993605 Mark Haddon teaches creative writing for the Arvon Foundation and Oxford University. arlethvillanueva https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2005993980 2022-01-22 02:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2005993980 arlethvillanueva https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2006000241 2022-01-22 02:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2006000241 arlethvillanueva https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2006000733 2022-01-22 02:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2006000733 His first book of poetry, The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea, was published in 2005. His latest books include the novels Boom! (2009), The Red House (2012), The Pier Falls (2016) and The Porpoise (2019). arlethvillanueva https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2006001640 2022-01-22 02:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/arlethvillanueva/ii6x76iasdy4cif1/wish/2006001640