English novelist, David Mitchell, studied at the University of Kent before moving to Japan to teach English as a second language.
He is known for his ability in crafting non-linear, structurally experimental novels such as Cloud Atlas, a novel comprised of six interconnected stories.
Mitchell won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for his first novel, Ghostwritten (1999), was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for number9dream (2001) and Cloud Atlas, and is on the Booker longlist for Black Swan Green (2006).
David Mitchell currently resides in Cork, Ireland with his wife and children.
Nationality: British
Recent Work: Black Swan Green, 2006
