David Wood OBE (born 21 February 1944 in Sutton, Surrey, England) is an English-born actor and writer, called "the National Children's Dramatist" by The Times. This is the result of an invitation to write an article for the 2008 edition of the Children's Writers & Artists' Yearbook.

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