Craig Stone (born 24 August 1982) is a British author. He left a job in the city to live homeless in a park,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] during which time he wrote his first book, The Squirrel that Dreamt of Madness,[8] a semi-autobiographical account of his time in the park. He later wrote Life Knocks,[9] Deep in the Bin of Bob[10] and How to Hide from Humans, and is the author of the blog, Thought Scratchings,[11] shortlisted for the 2014 UK Blog Awards.

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Craig Stone
Born	Craig Raymond Stone (1980-08-24) 24 August 1980 (age 42) London, England
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	English
Period	2008–present
Genre	Horror Fantasy Biographical
Notable works	Life Knocks The Squirrel that Dreamt of Madness Deep in the Bin of Bob
Spouse	Carolyn
Children	1
Website
thoughtscratchings.com

His second novel Life Knocks was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize.[12][13]

Personal life

At the age of 30 Stone quit his job and became homeless, camping in Gladstone Park, North London. While here he wrote his first novel. Stone met his wife during this time, through Twitter. She had messaged him as a fan, expressing how much she enjoyed his first novel, and they have a son.

Stone is an advocate for homeless people in the UK.[14]

Stone has over 100,000 Twitter followers.[15] Some of his tweets have been featured in the press.[16][17][18]

In 2017 he published his first article for The Guardian Newspaper, UK.[19][20]

References

External links

• Official website
• Craig Stone on Twitter
• Shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize 2012
• The Guardian Bookshop 2014
• Interview with Mashable 2016