Mr Haddon, whose 2003 book is now a stage play and is being turned into a film by Brad Pitt, wrote: "I'm a wealthy person. Austerity measures introduced by the coalition have caused real suffering to many people, but my comfortable life hasn't changed in the slightest.
“I don't see many other people saying that," Mr Haddon added. "There seem to be more Bob Diamonds than Warren Buffetts," he said referring to the former chief executive of Barclay’s Bank.
Mr Haddon said he annoyed his accountant by insisting on paying all of the tax that is “due" in contrast with the comedian Jimmy Carr, who hit the headlines for using a tax avoidance scheme.
"I'm not asking just an economic question but a moral one, too," he added. "Many people have pointed out that if everybody paid taxes properly we wouldn't have an austerity problem at all."
Mr Haddon grew up in Northampton and studied English at Oxford before becoming an illustrator for magazines and children's books.
He claims not to have had a “proper” job since he was about 24 when he worked for a mail order firm, becoming an author because he was unable to hold down a normal job.
He lives in Oxford with his wife, Sos Eltis, an English fellow at the university, and their two sons.
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