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Matt Haig

Matt Haig was BookTrust's eighth online Writer in Residence. His first novel for young readers, Shadow Forest, won the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award and the Gold Smarties Award. He is also the author of various adult novels, including the bestsellers The Last Family in England and The Radleys. Reviewers have called his writing 'totally engrossing', 'touching, quirky and macabre' and 'so surprising and strange that it vaults into a realm all of its own'. His books have been translated into 25 languages. He lives in York.

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Books

  • A Boy Called Christmas

    A Boy Called Christmas

    Author: Matt Haig Illustrator: Chris Mould
    Publisher: Canongate
    Interest age: 9-11
    Reading age: 10+

    A Boy Called Christmas is a tale of adventure, snow, kidnapping, elves, more snow, and a boy called Nikolas, who isn't afraid to believe in magic.

  • Echo Boy

    Echo Boy

    Author: Matt Haig
    Publisher: Bodley Head Children's Books
    Interest age: 13+
    Reading age: 13+

    Audrey lives in a future world where technology has changed everything and where families are served by cyborgs who unquestioningly obey their orders. But when her parents are killed by their cyborg, Audrey is in terrible danger.

  • Shadow Forest

    Shadow Forest

    Author: Matt Haig Illustrator: Sandy Nightingale
    Publisher: Random House
    Interest age: 9+
    Reading age: 9+

    This fantasy story is both touching and humorous, and is sure to have wide appeal.

  • The Radleys

    The Radleys

    Author: Matt Haig
    Publisher: Walker Cannongate
    Interest age: 14+
    Reading age: 12+

    Matt Haig takes an original and witty approach to the supernatural genre in this quirky young adult novel about the Radleys: abstaining vampires, living in a peaceful English village.

  • The Runaway Troll

    The Runaway Troll

    Author: Matt Haig Illustrator: Julek Heller
    Publisher: Random House
    Interest age: 9+
    Reading age: 9+

    Samuel's not allowed to enter Shadow Forest. But what's to stop the forest from coming to him? There's one thing every troll child dreads more than anything - and that's being sent to the Betterer.

  • To Be A Cat

    To Be A Cat

    Author: Matt Haig
    Publisher: Bodley Head
    Interest age: 9+
    Reading age: 9+

    Barney Willow doesn’t think life could get much worse: his parents are divorced, he hates his new school...

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