Quick Facts
Biography
Craig Stone (born August 24, 1980) is a British author. He left a job in the city to live homeless in a park, during which time he wrote his first book, The Squirrel that Dreamt of Madness, a semi-autobiographical account of his time in the park. He later wrote Life Knocks, Deep in the Bin of Boband How to Hide from Humans, and is the author of the blog, Thought Scratchings, shortlisted for the 2014 UK Blog Awards.
His second novel Life Knocks was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize.
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 no longer homeless, and is an advocate for homeless people in the UK.
In 2016, Stone had over 100,000 Twitter followers. Some of his tweets have been featured in the press.
In 2017 he published his first article for The Guardian Newspaper, UK.