Phone call to publisher, Jan. 22, 2000 (David Stephen Mitchell)
Wikipedia, November 23, 2009: David Mitchell (b. January 12, 1969) is an English novelist, born in Southport, Lancashire, in England, raised in Malvern, Worcestershire, and educated at the University of Kent.
Wikipedia, 12 February 2018: David Mitchell ... translated a book written by Naoki Higashida ... the Reason I jump: one boy's voice from the silence of autism.
The bone clocks, 2014: ECIP t.p. (David Mitchell) data view (award winning author of several books; twice nominated for the Man Booker Prize; resides in Ireland with his family)
University of Kent website, viewed Aug. 13, 2018: under Alumni and friends (David Mitchell; Novelist; BA English and American Literature (Darwin 1987))