David Mitchell

David Mitchell’s first novel, Ghostwritten, was published in 1999, when it won the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. His second, number9dream, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize as well as the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and in 2003 he was chosen as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists. Cloud Atlas, his third novel, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the South Bank Show Literature Prize, and the Best Literary Fiction and Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year categories in the British Book Awards, as well as being shortlisted for a further six awards including the Man Booker Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. It was followed by Black Swan Green, which was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Man Booker, and The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010.

Born in 1969, David Mitchell grew up in Worcestershire. After graduating from Kent University, he spent several years teaching in Japan, and now lives in Ireland with his wife and two children.

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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet David Mitchell Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers Book Award 2011. Shortlisted for the Galaxy UK Author of the Year 2010. Good historical fiction - which is what this book is - requires a careful balance of imagination and historical research. Imagination to help the... Format: Paperback - Released: 17/03/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet David Mitchell Shortlisted for the Galaxy UK Author of the Year 2010. In a tale of integrity and corruption, passion and power, the key is control – of riches and minds, and over death itself. As you step onto the streets of Dejima... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/05/2010 Lovereading Price: £14.24 - Saving £4.75 (25%)

Black Swan Green David Mitchell The story of a year in the life of Jason Taylor, 13 years old, growing up in an English village in the early 1980’s. Jason is a hugely likeable character, intelligent and thoughtful and yet mercilessly bullied for the stammer... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2007 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)

Black Swan Green David Mitchell Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006 and shortlisted for the CostaNovel Award 2006. Costa Book Awards 2006 Judges'comment: "A telling and touching account of a vanishing childhood, with all its impossibilities and its comedies." Format: Hardback - Released: 08/05/2006 Lovereading Price: £12.74 - Saving £4.25 (25%)

Cloud Atlas David Mitchell A 2011 World Book Night selection. Winner of Best Read of the Year and the Literary Fiction Award at the British Book Awards 2005. David Mitchell entices his readers on to a rollercoaster, and at first they wonder if they want... Format: Paperback - Released: 21/02/2005 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)

Cloud Atlas David Mitchell Winner of Best Read of the Year and theLiterary Fiction Award at the British Book Awards 2005 Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2004 Lovereading Price: £12.74 - Saving £4.25 (25%)

Ghostwritten David Mitchell ‘A novel in 9 parts’ and ten sections in different voices and different locations giving a feeling of short stories, building in their links but never really coming together. It’s a stunning work, challenging, rewarding and very intelligent leaving you... Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 20/04/2000 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)