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data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell" title="David Mitchell – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="David Mitchell" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell" title="David Mitchell – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="David Mitchell" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell" title="David Mitchell – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="David Mitchell" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%86%D9%84_(%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)" title="دیوید میچل (نویسنده) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دیوید میچل (نویسنده)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell" title="David Mitchell – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="David Mitchell" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell_(%C3%BAdar)" title="David Mitchell (údar) – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="David Mitchell (údar)" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell_(escritor)" title="David Mitchell (escritor) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="David Mitchell (escritor)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EC%9D%B4%EB%B9%84%EB%93%9C_%EB%AF%B8%EC%B2%BC_(%EC%9E%91%EA%B0%80)" title="데이비드 미첼 (작가) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="데이비드 미첼 (작가)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D6%87%D5%AB%D5%A4_%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%B9%D5%A5%D5%AC" title="Դևիդ Միտչել – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դևիդ Միտչել" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell" title="David Mitchell – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="David Mitchell" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell_(scrittore)" title="David Mitchell (scrittore) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="David Mitchell (scrittore)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell" title="David Mitchell – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="David Mitchell" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%93_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A9%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="დევიდ მიჩელი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დევიდ მიჩელი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB" title="Дэвид Митчелл – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Дэвид Митчелл" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell_(%C3%ADr%C3%B3)" title="David Mitchell (író) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="David Mitchell (író)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%84" title="ديفيد ميتشل – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ديفيد ميتشل" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell_(schrijver)" title="David Mitchell (schrijver) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="David Mitchell (schrijver)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB" title="デイヴィッド・ミッチェル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="デイヴィッド・ミッチェル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell" title="David Mitchell – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="David Mitchell" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell_(pisarz)" title="David Mitchell (pisarz) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="David Mitchell (pisarz)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell_(escritor)" title="David Mitchell (escritor) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="David Mitchell (escritor)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell" title="David Mitchell – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="David Mitchell" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB,_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4_(%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C)" title="Митчелл, Дэвид (писатель) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Митчелл, Дэвид (писатель)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell" title="David Mitchell – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="David Mitchell" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell_(pisac)" title="David Mitchell (pisac) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="David Mitchell (pisac)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell_(kirjailija)" title="David Mitchell (kirjailija) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="David Mitchell (kirjailija)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell_(f%C3%B6rfattare)" title="David Mitchell (författare) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="David Mitchell (författare)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mitchell_(yazar)" title="David Mitchell (yazar) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="David Mitchell (yazar)" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB" title="Девід Мітчелл – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Девід Мітчелл" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">David Stephen Mitchell<br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1969-01-12</span>) </span>12 January 1969<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 55)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Southport" title="Southport">Southport</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;">Novelist, television writer, screenwriter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Education</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kent" title="University of Kent">University of Kent</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Period</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">1999–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Number9dream" title="Number9dream">number9dream</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(novel)" title="Cloud Atlas (novel)">Cloud Atlas</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable awards</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/John_Llewellyn_Rhys_Prize" title="John Llewellyn Rhys Prize">John Llewellyn Rhys Prize</a> <br /> 1999 <i><a href="/wiki/Ghostwritten_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghostwritten (novel)">Ghostwritten</a></i> <br /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Keiko Yoshida</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Children</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">2</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.davidmitchellbooks.com">www<wbr />.davidmitchellbooks<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Stephen Mitchell</b> (born 12 January 1969) is an English novelist, television writer, and screenwriter. </p><p>He has written nine novels, two of which, <i><a href="/wiki/Number9dream" title="Number9dream">number9dream</a></i> (2001) and <i><a href="/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(novel)" title="Cloud Atlas (novel)">Cloud Atlas</a></i> (2004), were shortlisted for the <a href="/wiki/Booker_Prize" title="Booker Prize">Booker Prize</a>. He has also written articles for several newspapers, most notably for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>. He has translated books about <a href="/wiki/Autism" title="Autism">autism</a> from Japanese to English. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Mitchell_(author)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mitchell was born in <a href="/wiki/Southport" title="Southport">Southport</a> in Lancashire (now <a href="/wiki/Merseyside" title="Merseyside">Merseyside</a>), England, and raised in <a href="/wiki/Malvern,_Worcestershire" title="Malvern, Worcestershire">Malvern, Worcestershire</a>. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Hanley_Castle_High_School" title="Hanley Castle High School">Hanley Castle High School</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kent" title="University of Kent">University of Kent</a>, he earned a degree in English and <a href="/wiki/American_Literature" class="mw-redirect" title="American Literature">American Literature</a>, followed by an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">M.A.</a> in <a href="/wiki/Comparative_literature" title="Comparative literature">Comparative Literature</a>. </p><p>Mitchell lived in <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> for a year. He moved to <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a>, Japan, where he taught English to technical students for eight years, before returning to England. There he could live on his earnings as a writer and support his pregnant wife.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work">Work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Mitchell_(author)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mitchell's first novel, <i><a href="/wiki/Ghostwritten_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghostwritten (novel)">Ghostwritten</a></i> (1999), takes place in locations ranging from <a href="/wiki/Okinawa,_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Okinawa, Japan">Okinawa</a> to <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a> to pre-millennial New York City, as nine narrators tell stories that interlock and intersect. It won the <a href="/wiki/John_Llewellyn_Rhys_Prize" title="John Llewellyn Rhys Prize">John Llewellyn Rhys Prize</a> (for best work of British literature written by an author under 35) and was shortlisted for the <a href="/wiki/Guardian_First_Book_Award" title="Guardian First Book Award">Guardian First Book Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His two subsequent novels, <i><a href="/wiki/Number9dream" title="Number9dream">number9dream</a></i> (2001) and <i><a href="/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(novel)" title="Cloud Atlas (novel)">Cloud Atlas</a></i> (2004), were both favourably received and shortlisted for the <a href="/wiki/Booker_prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Booker prize">Man Booker Prize</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, he was selected as one of <a href="/wiki/Granta" title="Granta">Granta</a>'s Best of Young British Novelists.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, Mitchell was listed among <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)"><i>Time</i></a> magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, his <a href="/wiki/Metafiction" title="Metafiction">metafictional</a> novel <i><a href="/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(novel)" title="Cloud Atlas (novel)">Cloud Atlas</a></i> (again, with multiple narrators), was adapted as <a href="/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(film)" title="Cloud Atlas (film)">a feature film</a> of the same name. </p><p>One segment of <i>number9dream</i> was adapted as a short film titled <i><a href="/wiki/The_Voorman_Problem" title="The Voorman Problem">The Voorman Problem</a></i> and starring <a href="/wiki/Martin_Freeman" title="Martin Freeman">Martin Freeman</a>. It was nominated for a BAFTA in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to novels, Mitchell has written opera libretti in recent years. <i>Wake</i>, with music by <a href="/wiki/Klaas_de_Vries_(composer)" title="Klaas de Vries (composer)">Klaas de Vries</a>, was based on the 2000 <a href="/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster" title="Enschede fireworks disaster">Enschede fireworks disaster</a>. It was performed by the Dutch Nationale Reisopera in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He created the opera, <i>Sunken Garden</i>, with Dutch composer <a href="/wiki/Michel_van_der_Aa" title="Michel van der Aa">Michel van der Aa</a>; it was premiered in 2013 by the <a href="/wiki/English_National_Opera" title="English National Opera">English National Opera</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several of Mitchell's book covers were created by design duo Kai and Sunny.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mitchell has also collaborated with the duo, by contributing two short stories to their art exhibits in 2011 and 2014. </p><p>Mitchell's sixth novel, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bone_Clocks" title="The Bone Clocks">The Bone Clocks</a></i>, was published in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Spectator" title="The Spectator">The Spectator</a></i>, Mitchell said that the novel has "dollops of the fantastic in it", and is about "stuff between life and death".<sup id="cite_ref-blogs.spectator.co.uk_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blogs.spectator.co.uk-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Bone Clocks</i> was longlisted for the <a href="/wiki/2014_Man_Booker_Prize" title="2014 Man Booker Prize">2014 Man Booker Prize</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mitchell was the second author to contribute to the <a href="/wiki/Future_Library_project" title="Future Library project">Future Library project</a>. He delivered his book <a href="/wiki/From_Me_Flows_What_You_Call_Time_(novella)" title="From Me Flows What You Call Time (novella)"><i>From Me Flows What You Call Time</i></a> on 28 May 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Utopia_Avenue" title="Utopia Avenue">Utopia Avenue</a></i>, Mitchell's ninth novel, was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2020, during the first year of the <a href="/wiki/Covid_19_pandemic" class="mw-redirect" title="Covid 19 pandemic">Covid 19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Utopia Avenue</i> tells the "unexpurgated story" of a British band of the same name, who emerged from London's psychedelic scene in 1967 and was "fronted by folk singer Elf Holloway, guitar demigod Jasper de Zoet and blues bassist Dean Moss".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mitchell's entire body of fictional works feature multiple recurring characters and themes that together form an interconnected fictional world, which Mitchell refers to as his 'macronovel'.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_works">Other works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Mitchell_(author)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the release of <a href="/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(film)" title="Cloud Atlas (film)">the 2012 film adaptation</a> of <i>Cloud Atlas</i>, Mitchell began work as a screenwriter with <a href="/wiki/Lana_Wachowski" class="mw-redirect" title="Lana Wachowski">Lana Wachowski</a> (one of <i>Cloud Atlas</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span> three directors). In 2015, Mitchell contributed plotting and scripted scenes for the second season of the <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Sense8" title="Sense8">Sense8</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/The_Wachowskis" title="The Wachowskis">the Wachowskis</a>. They had adapted the novel for a TV series, and together with <a href="/wiki/Aleksandar_Hemon" title="Aleksandar Hemon">Aleksandar Hemon</a>, they wrote the series finale.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mitchell had signed a contract to write season three of the series, but Netflix cancelled the show.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2019, it was announced that Mitchell would continue his collaboration with Lana Wachowski and Hemon to write the screenplay for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Matrix_Resurrections" title="The Matrix Resurrections">The Matrix Resurrections</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Mitchell_(author)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After another stint in Japan, Mitchell and his wife, Keiko Yoshida, live in <a href="/wiki/Ardfield" title="Ardfield">Ardfield</a>, County Cork, Ireland, as of 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Mitchell_(author)&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>. They have two children.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an essay for <a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a>, Mitchell wrote:<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I knew I wanted to be a writer since I was a kid, but until I came to Japan to live in 1994 I was too easily distracted to do much about it. I would probably have become a writer wherever I lived, but would I have become the same writer if I'd spent the last six years in London, or <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Moose_Jaw" title="Moose Jaw">Moose Jaw</a>, on an oil rig or in the circus? This is my answer to myself.</p></blockquote> <p>Mitchell has a <a href="/wiki/Stammer" class="mw-redirect" title="Stammer">stammer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-prospect180_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prospect180-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He believes that the film <i><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Speech" title="The King's Speech">The King's Speech</a></i> (2010) is one of the most accurate portrayals of that experience for an individual.<sup id="cite_ref-prospect180_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prospect180-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said, "I'd probably still be avoiding the subject today had I not outed myself by writing a semi-autobiographical novel, <i>Black Swan Green</i>, narrated by a stammering 13-year-old."<sup id="cite_ref-prospect180_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prospect180-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mitchell is a patron of the <a href="/wiki/British_Stammering_Association" title="British Stammering Association">British Stammering Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mitchell's son is autistic. In 2013, Mitchell and his wife Yoshida translated a book into English that was written by Naoki Higashida, a 13-year-old Japanese autistic boy, titled <i><a href="/wiki/The_Reason_I_Jump:_One_Boy%27s_Voice_from_the_Silence_of_Autism" class="mw-redirect" title="The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism">The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-TimesReview_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimesReview-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Higashida is said to have learned to communicate using the techniques of <a href="/wiki/Facilitated_communication" title="Facilitated communication">facilitated communication</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rapid_prompting_method" title="Rapid prompting method">rapid prompting method</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Is there a source for Higashida's use of these exact methods AND for the statement these techniques are discredited? It seems credible, but needs sources. Deleted assertion that methods were discredited, as there is no source. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2017, Mitchell and his wife translated a second book attributed to Higashida, <i><a href="/wiki/Fall_Down_7_Times_Get_Up_8" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8">Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-macleans_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macleans-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_works">List of works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Mitchell_(author)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Novels</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ghostwritten_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghostwritten (novel)">Ghostwritten</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Number9dream" title="Number9dream">number9dream</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(novel)" title="Cloud Atlas (novel)">Cloud Atlas</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Swan_Green" title="Black Swan Green">Black Swan Green</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thousand_Autumns_of_Jacob_de_Zoet" title="The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet">The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bone_Clocks" title="The Bone Clocks">The Bone Clocks</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Slade_House" title="Slade House">Slade House</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Utopia_Avenue" title="Utopia Avenue">Utopia Avenue</a></i> (2020)</li></ul> <p><b>Novellas</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/From_Me_Flows_What_You_Call_Time_(novella)" title="From Me Flows What You Call Time (novella)">From Me Flows What You Call Time</a></i> (2016; publishing delayed until 2114 as part of Library of the Future project)</li></ul> <p><b>Short stories</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Title</th> <th>Publication</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>"Mongolia"</td> <td><i>New Writing</i> 8 (1999)</td> <td>Incorporated into <i>Ghostwritten</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"The January Man"</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Granta" title="Granta">Granta</a></i> 81 (Spring 2003)</td> <td>Incorporated into <i>Black Swan Green</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"What You Do Not Know You Want"</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/McSweeney%27s" title="McSweeney's">McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories</a></i>, ed. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Chabon" title="Michael Chabon">Michael Chabon</a> (2004)</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Acknowledgments"</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Prospect_(magazine)" title="Prospect (magazine)">Prospect</a></i> (October 2005)</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/books-and-literature/fiction/57006/acknowledgements">Read online</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Hangman"</td> <td><i>New Writing</i> 13 (2005)</td> <td>Incorporated into <i>Black Swan Green</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Preface"</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> (April 29, 2006)</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Dénouement"</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> (May 25, 2007)</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/may/26/originalwriting.fiction">Read online</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Judith Castle"</td> <td><i>The Book of Other People</i>, ed. <a href="/wiki/Zadie_Smith" title="Zadie Smith">Zadie Smith</a> (2007)</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>"The Massive Rat"</td> <td><i>The Guardian</i> (July 31, 2009)</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/aug/01/david-mitchell-short-story-rat">Read online</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"An Inside Job"</td> <td><i>Fighting Words</i>, ed. <a href="/wiki/Roddy_Doyle" title="Roddy Doyle">Roddy Doyle</a> (2009)</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Character Development"</td> <td><i>Freedom: Short Stories Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights</i> (2009)</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Muggins Here"</td> <td><i>The Guardian</i> (August 13, 2010)</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/aug/14/david-mitchell-summer-short-story">Read online</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Earth Calling Taylor"</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i> (December 30, 2010)</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ft.com/content/3e898e58-121c-11e0-92d0-00144feabdc0">Read online</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"The Siphoners"</td> <td><i>I'm With the Bears: Short Stories from a Damaged Planet</i> (2011)</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>"The Gardener"</td> <td>Kai & Sunny exhibition <i>The Flower Show</i> (June 2011)</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>"In the Bike Sheds"</td> <td><i>We Love This Book</i> (Summer 2011)</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Lots of Bits of Star"</td> <td>Kai & Sunny exhibition <i>Caught by the Nest</i> (September 2013)</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Variations on a Theme by Mister Donut"</td> <td><i>Granta</i> 127 (Spring 2014)</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>"The Right Sort"</td> <td>Twitter (July 2014)</td> <td>Incorporated into <i>Slade House</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"My Eye on You"</td> <td>Kai & Sunny exhibition <i>Whirlwind of Time</i> (March 2016)</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>"All Souls Day"</td> <td><i>Jealous Saboteurs</i>, <a href="/wiki/Francis_Upritchard" title="Francis Upritchard">Francis Upritchard</a> (2016)</td> <td>Incorporated into <i>Black Swan Green</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"A Forgettable Story"</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cathay_Pacific" title="Cathay Pacific">Silkroad, Cathay Fiction Anthology</a></i> (July 2017)</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Repeats"</td> <td><i>Freeman's</i> 5 (October 2018)</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>"If Wishes Was Horses"</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Magazine" title="The New York Times Magazine">The New York Times Magazine</a></i> (July 12, 2020)</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/07/magazine/david-mitchell-short-story.html">Read online</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"By Misadventure"</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_European_Review_of_Books" title="The European Review of Books">The European Review of Books</a></i> (May 2021)</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>"U-Turn If You Want To"</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Spectator" title="The Spectator">The Spectator</a></i> (December 17, 2022)</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/u-turn-if-you-want-to-a-short-story-by-david-mitchell/">Read online</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Opera <a href="/wiki/Libretto" title="Libretto">librettos</a></b> </p> <ul><li>"Wake" opera in four acts (May 2010) by <a href="/wiki/Klaas_de_Vries_(composer)" title="Klaas de Vries (composer)">Klaas de Vries (composer)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electronics" title="Electronics">electronics</a> by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ren%C3%A9_Uijlenhoet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="René Uijlenhoet (page does not exist)">René Uijlenhoet</a> for <a href="/wiki/Nationale_Reisopera" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationale Reisopera">Nationale Reisopera</a></li> <li>"Sunken Garden"(12 April 2013), film opera for <a href="/wiki/English_National_Opera" title="English National Opera">English National Opera</a> at <a href="/wiki/Barbican_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbican Theatre">Barbican Theatre</a></li></ul> <p><b>Selected articles</b> </p> <ul><li>"Japan and my writing", Essay</li> <li>"Enter the Maze", <i>The Guardian</i>, 2004</li> <li>"Kill me or the cat gets it", <i>The Guardian</i>, 2005 (Book review of <a href="/wiki/Kafka_on_the_Shore" title="Kafka on the Shore">Kafka on the Shore</a>)</li> <li>"Let me speak", British Stammering Association, 2006</li> <li>"On historical fiction", <i>The Daily Telegraph</i>, 2010</li> <li>"Adventures in Opera", <i>The Guardian</i>, 2010</li> <li>"Imaginary City", <i><a href="/wiki/Geist_(magazine)" title="Geist (magazine)">Geist</a></i>, 2010</li> <li>"Lost for words", <i>Prospect</i>, 2011</li> <li>"Learning to live with my son's autism", <i>The Guardian</i>, 2013</li> <li>"David Mitchell on Earthsea – a rival to Tolkien and George RR Martin", <i>The Guardian</i>, 23 October 2015</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Kate_Bush" title="Kate Bush">Kate Bush</a> and me: David Mitchell on being a lifelong fan of the pop poet". <i>The Guardian</i>, 7 December 2018<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Other</b> </p> <ul><li>"The Earthgod and the Fox", 2012 (translation of a short story by Kenji Miyazawa; translation printed in <i>McSweeney's</i> Issue 42, 2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Reason_I_Jump:_One_Boy%27s_Voice_from_the_Silence_of_Autism" class="mw-redirect" title="The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism">The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism</a></i>, 2013 (translation of book by <a href="/wiki/Naoki_Higashida" class="mw-redirect" title="Naoki Higashida">Naoki Higashida</a>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Before_the_Dawn_(Kate_Bush_album)" title="Before the Dawn (Kate Bush album)">Before the Dawn</a>", 2014 (with <a href="/wiki/Kate_Bush" title="Kate Bush">Kate Bush</a> co-wrote two spoken scenes during <i>The Ninth Wave</i> sequence in this live production).<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fall_Down_7_Times_Get_Up_8" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8">Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8</a></i>, 2017 (translation of <a href="/wiki/Naoki_Higashida" class="mw-redirect" title="Naoki Higashida">Naoki Higashida</a>'s work)</li> <li>"Amor Vincit Omnia", 2018; <i><a href="/wiki/Sense8" title="Sense8">Sense8</a></i> episode<sup id="cite_ref-amor_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amor-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-amor2_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amor2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Matrix_Resurrections" title="The Matrix Resurrections">The Matrix Resurrections</a></i>, 2021 (feature film screenplay co-written with <a href="/wiki/The_Wachowskis" title="The Wachowskis">Lana Wachowski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aleksandar_Hemon" title="Aleksandar Hemon">Aleksandar Hemon</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Mitchell_(author)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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"David Mitchell". <i>Weird Fiction Review</i> (9): 384–404.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Weird+Fiction+Review&rft.atitle=David+Mitchell&rft.ssn=winter&rft.issue=9&rft.pages=384-404&rft.date=2018&rft.aulast=Olson&rft.aufirst=Danel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Mitchell+%28author%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/1100/mitchell/essay.html">"Bold Type: Essay by David Mitchell"</a>. Randomhouse.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 August</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bold+Type%3A+Essay+by+David+Mitchell&rft.pub=Randomhouse.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.randomhouse.com%2Fboldtype%2F1100%2Fmitchell%2Fessay.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Mitchell+%28author%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-prospect180-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-prospect180_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-prospect180_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-prospect180_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2011/02/david-mitchell-stammering-kings-speech/">"Lost for words"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104175240/http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2011/02/david-mitchell-stammering-kings-speech/">Archived</a> 4 January 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, David Mitchell, <i>Prospect</i> magazine, 23 February 2011, Issue No. 180</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111016083015/http://stammering.org/bsgrevisited.html">"Black Swan Green revisited"</a>. <i>Speaking Out</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 June</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Speaking+Out&rft.atitle=Black+Swan+Green+revisited&rft.ssn=spring&rft.date=2011&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fstammering.org%2Fbsgrevisited.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Mitchell+%28author%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TimesReview-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-TimesReview_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTisdale2013" class="citation news cs1">Tisdale, Sallie (23 August 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/books/review/the-reason-i-jump-by-naoki-higashida.html">"Voice of the Voiceless"</a>. <i>New York Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Schoene. <i>The Cosmopolitan Novel</i>. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009.</li> <li>Dillon, S. (ed.). <i>David Mitchell: Critical Essays</i>. 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McKillip">Patricia A. McKillip</a> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bid_Time_Return" title="Bid Time Return">Bid Time Return</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Matheson" title="Richard Matheson">Richard Matheson</a> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/William_Kotzwinkle" title="William Kotzwinkle">Doctor Rat</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/William_Kotzwinkle" title="William Kotzwinkle">William Kotzwinkle</a> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Darkness" title="Our Lady of Darkness">Our Lady of Darkness</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gloriana_(novel)" title="Gloriana (novel)">Gloriana</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Moorcock" title="Michael Moorcock">Michael Moorcock</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Watchtower_(novel)" title="Watchtower (novel)">Watchtower</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_A._Lynn" title="Elizabeth A. Lynn">Elizabeth A. Lynn</a> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_of_the_Torturer" title="The Shadow of the Torturer">The Shadow of the Torturer</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Gene_Wolfe" title="Gene Wolfe">Gene Wolfe</a> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little,_Big" title="Little, Big">Little, Big</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Crowley_(author)" title="John Crowley (author)">John Crowley</a> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nifft_the_Lean" title="Nifft the Lean">Nifft the Lean</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Shea_(American_author)" title="Michael Shea (American author)">Michael Shea</a> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dragon_Waiting" title="The Dragon Waiting">The Dragon Waiting</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_M._Ford" title="John M. Ford">John M. 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Morrow">James K. Morrow</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/Thomas_the_Rhymer_(novel)" title="Thomas the Rhymer (novel)">Thomas the Rhymer</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Kushner" title="Ellen Kushner">Ellen Kushner</a> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boy%27s_Life_(novel)" title="Boy's Life (novel)">Boy's Life</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_R._McCammon" title="Robert R. McCammon">Robert R. McCammon</a> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Last_Call_(novel)" title="Last Call (novel)">Last Call</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Tim_Powers" title="Tim Powers">Tim Powers</a> (1993)</li> <li><i>Glimpses</i> by <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Shiner" title="Lewis Shiner">Lewis Shiner</a> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Towing_Jehovah" title="Towing Jehovah">Towing Jehovah</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_K._Morrow" title="James K. Morrow">James K. 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