大衛·阿爾濛德（David Almond），英國著名作傢。1951年齣生於英格蘭北部的費靈小鎮。1998年，他齣版瞭第一本小說《當天使墜落人間》，先後斬獲英國卡耐基文學奬、英國惠特布萊德童書奬、美國普林茲文學奬、荷蘭銀鉛筆奬等多項大奬。其後，阿爾濛德正式轉嚮兒童文學的創作，寫齣瞭《曠野迷蹤》和《天眼》等多部極具影響力的作品。2010年，他摘得瞭國際少年兒童讀物聯盟(IBBY) 頒發的國際安徒生作傢奬。

A long hot summerA wild boyAn abandoned babyAn act of violenceEvery summer Liam and Max roam the wild countryside of Northumberland - but this year things are different. One hot summer's day a jackdaw leads the two boys into an ancient farm house where they find a baby, wrapped in a blanket, with a scribbled note pinned to it: PLESE LOOK AFTER HER RITE. THIS IS A CHILDE OF GOD. And so begins Jackdaw Summer. A summer when friendships are tested. A summer when lines between good and bad are blurred. A summer that Liam will never forget ...A stunning novel from the author of the modern children's classic Skellig - winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.