David Mitchell

1969 -

genre: science fiction, high literature, fantasy, drama

country of citizenship: United Kingdom

languages spoken, written or signed: English, Japanese

educated at: University of Kent, Hanley Castle High School

occupation: writer, linguist, novelist, science fiction writer, translator, text writer, actor, composer, screenwriter, teacher, film screenwriter

award received: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, World Fantasy Awards, Prix Utopiales

influenced by: Haruki Murakami, Italo Calvino, Don DeLillo, John Banville, Vladimir Nabokov, Neil Gaiman

official website: www.davidmitchellbooks.com

David Stephen Mitchell (born 12 January 1969) is an English novelist, television writer, and screenwriter. He has written nine novels, two of which, number9dream (2001) and Cloud Atlas (2004), were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written articles for several newspapers, most notably for The Guardian, and translated books about autism from Japanese to English. Source: Wikipedia (en)