Isla Dewar (1946–2021)
Auteur de Giving Up On Ordinary
A propos de l'auteur
Isla Dewar was a Scottish author, born in Edinburgh on June 29, 1946. She was educated at Leith Academy. Early in her career she wrote for teen magazines. Her first book was Keeping up with Magda (1995). Women Talking Dirty (1996) was her second book. It was made into a film for which she wrote the afficher plus screenplay. Some of her other work includes Giving Up on Ordinary (1997), Two Kinds of Wonderful (2000), Dancing in a Distant Place (2003), Izzy's War (2010), It Takes One to Know One (2018), and A Day Like Any Other (2020). She also wrote a novella for young adults, Briggsy (2008) and a children's book, Rosie's Wish (illustrated by Bob Dewar, her husband). Isla Dewar, author of over twenty books, died on June 20,2021 from a heart attack at the age of 74. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Author photo by Tom Kidd
Œuvres de Isla Dewar
Women talking dirty ; Giving up on ordinary 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1946-06-29
- Date de décès
- 2021-06-20
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Scotland
UK - Lieu de naissance
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Cause du décès
- Heart attack
- Lieux de résidence
- Fife, Scotland, UK
- Études
- Leith Academy
- Prix et distinctions
- Orange Prize Longlist (1996, Keeping Up With Magda)
- Agent
- Zoe Pagnamenta (PFD)
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 24
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 717
- Popularité
- #35,386
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 22
- ISBN
- 116
- Langues
- 6
- Favoris
- 3