Michael bond biography
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Michael Bond
English author (–)
For other people named Michael Bond, see Michael Bond (disambiguation).
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Bond with a Paddington Bear toy | |
| Born | Thomas Michael Bond ()13 January Newbury, Berkshire, England |
| Died | 27 June () (aged&#;91) London, England |
| Resting place | Paddington Old Cemetery |
| Occupation | Author |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Notable work | Paddington Bear series |
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| Children | 2 |
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Early life
[edit]Thomas Michael Bond was born on 13 Jan
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Bond, Michael
PRINCIPAL WORKS
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
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(Full name Thomas Michael Bond) English author of children's books.
For additional criticism on Bond's works, see CLR, Volume 1.
INTRODUCTION
Bond is the author of a series of well-known children's books focusing on a stuffed animal named Paddington—a lovable, genial, bumbling, charming, ingenious, innocent, and very funny bear. According to interviews, Bond stopped by a London store on Christmas Eve in to buy a present for his wife. "On one of the shelves I came across a small bear looking, I thought, very sorry for himself as he was the only one who hadn't been sold. I bought him and because we were living near Paddington station at the time, we christened him Paddington. He sat on a shelf of our one-roomed apartment for a while, and then one day when I was sitting in front of my typewriter staring at a blank sheet of paper wondering what to write, I idly tapped out the words 'Mr.
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Michael Bond, the creator of Paddington
"When I was small I never went to bed without a story. But I doubt my mother ever pictured me writing for a living. In fact, when I eventually gave up working for the BBC in order to write full time, I think both my parents were worried that I had given up a nice, safe job for what sounded to them like a very precarious existence."
Michael Bond was born in Newbury, Berkshire, England on 13th January He was educated at Presentation College, Reading. During World War II Michael Bond served in both the Royal Air Force and the Middlesex Regiment of the British Army.
He began writing in and sold his first short story to a magazine called London Opinion. This experience helped him decide that he wanted to be a writer.
It was while Michael Bond was working as a television cameraman for the BBC that he first came up with the idea for Paddington and he recalls in his own words how this came about:
"I bought a small toy bear on Christmas Eve I s