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Biography
David Stephen Mitchell (born 12 January 1969) is an English novelist. He has published seven novels, two of which, number9dream (2001) and Cloud Atlas (2004), were shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
Awards & recognition
- World Fantasy Award — Best Novel · 2015
- World Fantasy Awards · 2015
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature · 2013
- John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
- Locus Award — Best Fantasy Novel · 2021 · nominated
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- Locus Award — Best Fantasy Novel · 2016 · nominated
- Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 2015 · nominated
- Booker Prize · 2014 · nominated
- Locus Award — Best Fantasy Novel · 2011 · nominated
- Booker Prize · 2010 · nominated
- Booker Prize · 2006 · nominated
- Arthur C. Clarke Award · 2005 · nominated
- Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 2005 · nominated
- Nebula Award — Best Novel · 2005 · nominated
- Booker Prize · 2004 · nominated
- Booker Prize · 2001 · nominated
- Guardian First Book Award · 1999 · nominated
- Costa Book Awards · nominated
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize · nominated
- Nebula Award · nominated
- Walter Scott Prize — historical fiction · nominated
Filmography7 titles

Pachinko
2022Co-Executive Producer
2022Co-Executive Producer

Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
2018as Self - Writer
2018as Self - Writer

Sense8
2015as David Mitchell
2015as David Mitchell

The Reason I Jump
2020as Self
2020as Self

Cloud Atlas
2012as Union Spy
2012as Union Spy

The Voorman Problem
2013Novel
2013Novel

The Matrix Resurrections
2021Writer
2021Writer