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- Birth nameThomas Michael Bond
- Michael Bond was born on January 13, 1926 in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Paddington in Peru (2024), Paddington 2 (2017) and Paddington (2014). He was married to Sue Bond and Brenda Bond. He died on June 27, 2017 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- SpousesSue Bond(1981 - June 27, 2017) (his death)Brenda Bond(1950 - 1981) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesHarry Jankel(Grandchild)
- He and his first wife Brenda had joint custody of the first bear, a Christmas gift.
- He wrote his first Paddington Bear book in 1958 while working as a BBC cameraman on programmes such as the children's magazine programme Blue Peter (1958), until the popularity of his Paddington books allowed him to give up this job and devote himself full-time to writing.
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1997 Queen's Honours List for his services to children's literature.
- In July 2007, he was given an honorary DLitt (Doctor of Letters) degree from Reading University in recognition of his contribution to literature and the enjoyment he has given many readers. He has connections with Reading and Berkshire, having been born nearby in Newbury.
- He was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Children's Literature. He is an author in London, England.
- The great advantage of having a bear as a central character is that he can combine the innocence of a child with the sophistication of an adult. Paddington is not the sort of bear who would ever go to the moon--he has his paws too firmly on the ground for that. He gets involved in everyday situations. He has a strong sense of right and wrong and doesn't take too kindly to the red-tape bureaucracy of the sillier rules and regulations with which we humans surround ourselves. As a bear, he gets away with things. Paddington is humanized, but he couldn't possibly be a human--it just wouldn't work.
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