Siobhán Dowd (1960–2007)
Auteur de The London Eye Mystery
A propos de l'auteur
Siobhan Dowd was born on February 4, 1960. She received a degree in Classics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University and an MA with Distinction in Gender and Ethnic Studies at Greenwich University. After a short stint in publishing, she joined the writer's organization PEN. Initially she was a afficher plus researcher for its Writers in Prison Committee, but eventually she became Program Director of PEN American Center's Freedom-to-Write Committee in New York City. After seven years, she returned to the United Kingdom and co-founded an English PEN's readers and writers program, which takes authors into schools in socially deprived areas, as well as prisons, young offender's institutions and community projects. She has written novels, short stories, columns and articles, and edited two anthologies. Her first novel, A Swift Pure Cry, was published in March 2006 and won the Eilis Dillon award in Ireland for a first-time children's author and the Branford Boase Award. Her other novels are The London Eye Mystery, which won NASEN/TES Special Educational Needs Children's Book Award, Bisto Book of the Year prize, and Salford Children's Book Award; Bog Child; and Solace of the Road. She died of breast cancer on August 21, 2007 at the age of 47. Before her death, she set up the Siobhan Dowd Trust, where all the proceeds from her literary work will be used to assist disadvantaged children with their reading skills. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Siobhán Dowd
This Prison Where I Live: The PEN Anthology of Imprisoned Writers (1996) — Directeur de publication — 23 exemplaires
The Roads of the Roma: A PEN Anthology of Gypsy Writers (1998) — Directeur de publication — 21 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Dowd, Siobhán
- Date de naissance
- 1960-02-04
- Date de décès
- 2007-08-21
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
- Études
- University of Oxford (Lady Margaret Hall)
University of Greenwich - Professions
- young adult writer
human rights activist - Prix et distinctions
- Waterstones 25 Authors for the Future (2007)
Membres
Discussions
Found: Irish girl in care/ adopted in England à Name that Book (Mai 2022)
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