Matt Haig
Matt Haig (born 1975) is a British novelist and journalist.
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Biography
Haig was born in Sheffield. As a journalist, he collaborated with The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Face.
His novels, the first of which was published in 2005, are often dark and quirky takes on family life. The Last Family in England tells the story of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 with the protagonists as dogs. It was a best-seller in the UK and the film rights have been sold to Brad Pitt's Plan B production company. His second novel Dead Fathers Club is based on Hamlet, telling the story of an introspective 11-year old dealing with the recent death of his father and the subsequent appearance of his father's ghost. His third adult novel, The Possession of Mr Cave, deals with an obsessive father desperately trying to keep his teenage daughter safe. His children's novel, Shadow Forest, is a fantasy that begins with the horrific death of the protagonists' parents. It won the Nestlé Children's Book Prize in 2007. Haig's latest work, the vampire novel The Radleys, was published in the summer of 2010. A film adaptation of The Radleys has been announced, with Alfonso Cuarón attached to produce.
Works
Novels
- The Last Family in England/The Labrador Pact (2005)
- The Dead Fathers Club (2007)
- Shadow Forest (2007)
- The Possession of Mr Cave (2008)
- Runaway Troll (2008)
- The Radleys (2010)
References
External links
- Official website
- Matt Haig at House of Legends
- Matt Haig at Random House Australia
- BBC Leeds interview
- Random House Reading Group Guide for The Last Family In England
- Hamlet, is that you? Guardian Books review of Dead Fathers Club
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