"Spokane Book Club are special education professionals and so have considerable experience with kids with this disability, and we found the story believable."" Alex McClimens, whom Muller quoted above, also wrote, ""This magnificent essay in communication is compulsory reading for anyone with the slightest interest in autistic spectrum disorders. This book is also required reading for those who simply enjoy a fascinating story... we are offered a first person narrative to match anything by contemporary writers. Mark Haddon has created a true literary character and his handling of the teenage Asperger's heroic adventure is brilliantly crafted. He uses the literal"
"Mark Haddon Mark Haddon (born 28 October 1962) is an English novelist, best known for ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"" (2003). He won the Whitbread Award, the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth Writers Prize for his work. Haddon was born on 28 October 1962 to Janella Murphy in Northampton, England. He was educated at Uppingham School and Merton College, Oxford, where he studied English. In 1984, he completed an MSc in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. In 1987, Haddon wrote his first children’s book, ""Gilbert’s Gobstopper"". This was followed"
"was named ""Carnegie of Carnegies"" for the 70-year celebration of that award in 2007. 2003. ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"" by Mark Haddon (David Fickling, 2002) won the 2003 Whitbread Awards as the year's best novel (not children's book) and the ""Book of the Year"" across all five categories. ""The Guardian"" children's book editor Eccleshare wrote, ""Published on both an adult and a children's list, it is one of the few titles for which the ubiquitous claim of ""crossover"" is not a gimmick. It genuinely has equal, though different, appeal to all readers – 15-year-old Christopher"
"as ""Psychiatric Times"". His next book was ""Sleep Thieves"", the result of his studies into sleep and the lack of it. The book examined how the reduction of sleeping time in modern society has created problems of sleep deprivation for many people. Arguably, however, it was the 1994 publication of ""The Intelligence of Dogs"" that brought Coren to the public eye. A combination of Coren's background in psychology and his long-lasting love of dogs, the book became an international hit, and has gone through 16 printings to this point. Since then, Coren has gone on to pen a number of"
"adaptation of Mark Haddon's book ""The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night-Time"" adapted by Simon Stephens and directed by Marianne Elliott. The show premièred on 2 August 2012. It also starred Luke Treadaway as Christopher, Nicola Walker as his mother Judy, Paul Ritter as his father Ed and Una Stubbs as Mrs. Alexander. The production, which ran until late October 2012, was broadcast live to cinemas worldwide on 6 September 2012 through the National Theatre Live programme. The nominations for the 2013 Olivier Awards, which recognise excellence in professional productions staged in London, were announced on 26 March"
"Years with Ross"" (1959). A number of his short stories were made into movies, including ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" (1947). Many of his short stories are humorous fictional memoirs from his life, but he also wrote darker material, such as ""The Whip-Poor-Will"", a story of madness and murder. His best-known short stories are ""The Dog That Bit People"" and ""The Night the Bed Fell""; they can be found in ""My Life and Hard Times"", which was his ""break-out"" book. Among his other classics are ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"", ""The Catbird Seat"", ""A Couple of Hamburgers"", ""The"
"Agent Z Agent Z is a fictitious character in a series of four comical children's books written by British author Mark Haddon, better known for his 2003 novel ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time"". In the first published versions of the books Haddon also did the artwork for the covers and a number of illustrations inside (the cover pictures were changed for later editions). The Agent Z series is set in the present day in an unnamed British city. Agent Z is not an actual living person in the books but a 'front' used by three schoolboys,"
"A Spot of Bother A Spot of Bother is the second adult novel by Mark Haddon, who is best known for his prize-winning first novel ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"". Like ""Curious Incident"", ""A Spot of Bother"" examines mental health issues from the perspective of the patient. An excerpt from ""A Spot of Bother"" (at that point titled Blood and Scissors) was published in the book ""New Beginnings"", the proceeds from which were donated to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The book was adapted into a film in 2009 (""""). The novel follows"
"The Mystery of the Invisible Thief The Mystery of the Invisible Thief is a novel written by Enid Blyton. It is the 8th in the popular ""The Five Find-Outers"" mystery series also known as the ""Five Find-Outers and Dog"". The Five Find-Outers are having a chance tea at a local gymkhana with Inspector Jenks and his goddaughter Hilary when a robbery occurs in a nearby large house. The mysterious robber disappears from the scene of the crime without a trace - as if he were invisible and cannot be found. The robbed house turns out to be that of Hilary,"
"wanting – and expecting – more."" The book was also shown in the Vlogbrothers video - 'How to be a Nerdfighter'. A Spot of Bother A Spot of Bother is the second adult novel by Mark Haddon, who is best known for his prize-winning first novel ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"". Like ""Curious Incident"", ""A Spot of Bother"" examines mental health issues from the perspective of the patient. An excerpt from ""A Spot of Bother"" (at that point titled Blood and Scissors) was published in the book ""New Beginnings"", the proceeds from which were donated to"
"The Notting Hill Mystery The Notting Hill Mystery (1862–63) is an English-language detective novel written under the pseudonym ""Charles Felix"", with illustrations by George du Maurier. The author's identity was never formally revealed in his lifetime, but several critics have since suggested Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903), a lawyer known to have written other novels under pseudonyms. It is arguably regarded as the very first detective novel in the English language. ""The Notting Hill Mystery"" was first published as an eight-part serial in ""Once A Week"" magazine beginning on 29 November 1862, then as a single-volume novel in 1865 by Saunders,"
"from 1977 to 1979 and a columnist for ""Esquire"" from 1982 to 1994. Berendt published ""Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"" in 1994 and became an overnight success; the book spent a record-breaking 216 weeks on the ""New York Times"" bestseller list -— still, to this day, the longest standing best seller of the ""Times"". The story, unsettling and real, broke down the idea of the quintessential phenomenon of a true American city—only to reveal its quirks: its man walking an invisible dog; its voice of the drag queen; a high-society man in its elite community—all that somehow,"
"in the United States. The Dog Star The Dog Star is a novel by American writer Donald Windham, first published in 1950. It tells the story of a young Southern man who is haunted by the suicide of his best friend from reform school. Set in 1930s post-Depression Atlanta, the novel's themes include dysfunctional families, traditionalism, urban anomie, homosexuality, and suicide. In inner-city Atlanta, 15-year-old Blackie Pride is consumed by the memories of Whitey Maddox, his best friend from reform school who has recently killed himself. Despite their names, both boys are white and endured a period of homoerotic intimacy"
"The Under Dog and Other Stories The Under Dog and Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the United States in 1951, Dodd Mead and Company. The title story was published in booklet form along with Blackman's Wood (by E. Phillips Oppenheim) in the United Kingdom in 1929 by The Reader's Library.The first US edition retailed at $2.50. It contains works from the early days of Christie's career, all featuring Hercule Poirot. All the stories were published in British and American magazines between 1923 and 1926. All of the stories, save the"
"The Dog Star The Dog Star is a novel by American writer Donald Windham, first published in 1950. It tells the story of a young Southern man who is haunted by the suicide of his best friend from reform school. Set in 1930s post-Depression Atlanta, the novel's themes include dysfunctional families, traditionalism, urban anomie, homosexuality, and suicide. In inner-city Atlanta, 15-year-old Blackie Pride is consumed by the memories of Whitey Maddox, his best friend from reform school who has recently killed himself. Despite their names, both boys are white and endured a period of homoerotic intimacy during their time at"
"David Fickling Books David Fickling Books Ltd (DFB) became an independent publishing house in July 2013 following 12 years with Scholastic and then Random House. They have published several prize-winning and bestselling books including ""Lyra's Oxford"" (from the world of His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman, ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time"" by Mark Haddon, ""The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas"" by John Boyne, ""Bing Bunny"" by Ted Dewan, ""Pants"" by Nick Sharratt and Giles Andreae, ""Before I Die"" by Jenny Downham, ""Trash"" by Andy Mulligan (shortly to be a major movie with script by Richard Curtis)"
"The Fornicating Dog ""The Fornicating Dog"" () is a short story by Chinese author Pu Songling first published in ""Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio"" (1740). The story pertains to a Chinese merchant's spouse, a zoophile who develops sexual relations with the family's pet dog; Pu himself was critical of such phenomena as sexual fixation on animals. It was dropped from early editions, both Chinese and translated, of ""Liaozhai"", notwithstanding Pu's original manuscript, and was translated into English by John Minford in 2006. An unnamed Qingzhou businessman often travels abroad for extended periods, leaving his wife alone at home with"
"2012 on the 150th anniversary of the novel's release. An ebook version is also available. The Notting Hill Mystery The Notting Hill Mystery (1862–63) is an English-language detective novel written under the pseudonym ""Charles Felix"", with illustrations by George du Maurier. The author's identity was never formally revealed in his lifetime, but several critics have since suggested Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903), a lawyer known to have written other novels under pseudonyms. It is arguably regarded as the very first detective novel in the English language. ""The Notting Hill Mystery"" was first published as an eight-part serial in ""Once A Week"""
"York Times fiction bestseller list in September 1992. Night of the Hawk Night of the Hawk is a 1992 Technothriller written by Dale Brown. It is the sequel to the events of the Flight of the Old Dog in which a crew member - Dr. David Luger - sacrifices himself to save the Old Dog crew. The novel prologue retells part of the events of Flight of the Old Dog from the perspective of crew member David Luger, as he makes the decision to sacrifice himself in order to allow his crewmates to take off from a Soviet airbase and"
"Night at the Mocking Widow Night at the Mocking Widow is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906–1977), who published it under the name of Carter Dickson. It is a whodunnit and features the series detective Sir Henry Merrivale. The English village of Stoke Druid in Somerset has been plagued by a series of vicious anonymous letters written by a poison-pen who becomes known as the ""Mocking Widow"", after a forty-foot high rocky feature on the outskirts of the village. A middle-aged spinster who has been tormented by the letters' suggestions of sexual immorality commits suicide."
"by many other children’s books, which were often self-illustrated. Haddon is also known for his series of ""Agent Z"" books, one of which, ""Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars"", was made into a 1996 Children's BBC sitcom. He also wrote the screenplay for the BBC television adaptation of Raymond Briggs's story ""Fungus the Bogeyman"", screened on BBC1 in 2004. In 2007 he wrote the BBC television drama ""Coming Down the Mountain"". In 2003, Haddon won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award—in the Novels rather than Children's Books category—for ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"". He"
"Dog in the Night-Time"". He also won the 2014 Logo TV NewNowNext Awards for Best New Broadway Lead Actor. Alex Sharp Alexander Ian Sharp (born 2 February 1989) is an English actor best known for originating the role of Christopher Boone in the Broadway Production of ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"". After graduating from the Juilliard School in the summer of 2014, he made his Broadway and acting debut in the play ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"" in the autumn. For his role as the autistic teenager Christopher Boone, he was awarded"
"Hammersmith and The National Theatre later becoming the resident director The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time during its run at the Apollo Theatre. His work as a playwright includes ""The Nymph"" at Lyric Hammersmith Studio, ""A/Girl"" at the Oval House Theatre and ""Charlie Cumcup"" at the Edinburgh Festival. He often collaborates with the controversial dramatist G.G.Lolock Ashley Scott-Layton Ashley Scott Layton (born 13 November 1987 in Hertfordshire) is a British writer and director. He was the winner of The Directors Guild Award in 2010 and resident director on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time."
"The Case of the Late Pig The Case of the Late Pig is a crime novel by Margery Allingham, first published 1937, by Hodder & Stoughton. It is the ninth novel featuring the mysterious Albert Campion and his butler/valet/bodyguard Magersfontein Lugg. As Lugg is reading aloud the obituaries one morning, he comes across one for an old school nemesis of Campion. Remarkably, an anonymous letter inviting Campion to the funeral has also appeared in the morning post. R.I. “Pig” Peters is dead. So says the doctor that treated him. Five months later, Campion receives a panicked call from a friend,"
"a best-seller. Other animal stories and fiction publications include: ""Elephant Have Right of Way"" (1973), ""There's a Rhino in the Rose Bed"", ""Mother"" (1973), ""That Nairobi Affair"" (1975), ""Bagomoyo, A Falling Star, The Giraffe Lady, Daisy Rothschild: The Giraffe Who Lives With Me"" (children's book), and ""Walter Warthog"" (1989), a children's story about the tame warthog they named after their friend Walter Cronkite, the CBS news anchorman. The books helped to raise more funds for the Giraffe Centre they set up at Langata, Kenya in 1983. She died on September 23, 2005 in Baltimore. Betty Leslie-Melville Betty Leslie Melville (née"
"A Fatal Inversion A Fatal Inversion is a 1987 novel by Ruth Rendell, written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine. The novel won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger in that year and, in 1987, was also shortlisted for the Dagger of Daggers, a special award to select the best Gold Dagger winner of the award's 50-year history. In the process of burying a beloved dog in the animal cemetery of Wyvis Hall, a beautiful Suffolk country house, the owner unearths the skeletons of a dead woman and baby. The horrific discovery challenges the buried memories and guilt of a small"
"A Dog's Ransom A Dog's Ransom (1972) is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith. Publishing executive Ed Reynolds finds a disturbing ransom note in the Manhattan apartment he shares with his wife: ""Dear sir: I have your dog, Lisa. She is well and happy... I gather she is important to you? We'll see."" They pay the ransom and the criminal is apprehended. Only then do events swirl out of control, leading to the downfall of several innocent characters and the triumph of evil. An anonymous reviewer in ""The New York Times"" wrote: ""Evil, the author tells us, is a"
"Louis Bayard Louis Bayard (born November 30, 1963 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American author. His historical mysteries include ""The Pale Blue Eye"", ""Mr. Timothy"", ""The Black Tower"", ""The School of Night"" and ""Roosevelt's Beast"", and have been translated into 11 languages. Bayard was born on November 30, 1963 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and grew up in Northern Virginia. He graduated from Princeton University and received a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. He lives in Washington, DC, and teaches fiction writing at George Washington University. He was a staffer at the U.S. House of Representatives, working for"
"The Dog King The Dog King is a 1995 novel by the Austrian writer Christoph Ransmayr. Its original title is Morbus Kitahara. A work of alternative history, it is set in Central Europe after World War II and the implementation of the Morgenthau Plan, which has deindustrialized the region and created a ruthless post-apocalyptic society. The main character is the son of a blacksmith who becomes the bodyguard of the only man in the area who owns a car. An English translation by John E. Woods was published in 1997. The book received the 1996 Aristeion Prize. Curt Fields wrote"
"Tom Clancy Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels were bestsellers, and more than 100 million copies of his books are in print. His name was also used on movie scripts written by ghostwriters, nonfiction books on military subjects, and video games. He was a part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles and vice-chairman of their community activities and public affairs committees. Clancy's literary career began in 1984 when he sold ""The Hunt"
"The Dogs of Babel The Dogs of Babel (also known as Lorelei's Secret in the UK) is the debut novel of Carolyn Parkhurst. It was one of ""The New York Times"" Notable Fiction & Poetry books of 2003. The novel became a best-seller. ""The Dogs of Babel"" was the first book that Parkhurst wrote; it was not the first novel that Parkhurst envisioned. The book is narrated by Paul Iverson, a linguist who calls home one day to find out his wife is dead. He is very troubled by this and therefore for the remainder of the book he is"
"unprecedented access to the United States Secret Service canine program during the research of the book. Goodavage's father, Joseph F. Goodavage, was also a book author. Maria Goodavage Maria Goodavage is a journalist and editor, and author of two ""New York Times"" best selling books about military dogs. Goodavage has been a staff writer for ""USA Today"" and the ""San Francisco Chronicle"" among other newspapers. On April 5, 2012, her book, ""Soldier Dogs: The Untold Story of America’s Canine Heroes"" was recorded at #15 on the ""Publishers Weekly"" Bestsellers list. On April 15, 2012, ""Soldier Dogs"" landed on ""The New"
"Dog"" was awarded a Newbery Honor on January 23, 2017. Adam Gidwitz Adam Gidwitz (born February 14, 1982) is the author of the best selling children's books ""A Tale Dark and Grimm"" (2010), ""In a Glass Grimmly"" (2012), and ""The Grimm Conclusion"" (2013), all published by Dutton Penguin. He received a Newbery Honor for ""The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog"" (2016). He was born in San Francisco in 1982 but grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Columbia University where he majored in English Literature and spent his junior year abroad in the University's"