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Siobhan Dowd lived in Oxford with her husband, Geoff, before tragically dying from cancer in August 2007, aged 47. She was both an extraordinary writer and an extraordinary person.Siobhan's first novel, A Swift Pure Cry, won the Branford Boase Award and the Eilis Dillon Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and Booktrust Teenage Prize. Her second novel, The London Eye Mystery, won the 2007 NASEN & TES Special Educational Needs Children's Book Award. In March 2008, the book was shortlisted for the prestigious Children's Books Ireland Bisto Awards. Siobhan's third novel, Bog Child, was the first book to be posthumously awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2008.The award-winning novel A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness was based on an idea of Siobhan's. Her novella, The Ransom of Dond, was published in 2013, illustrated throughout by Pam Smy.
The Guggenheim Mystery
The London Eye Mystery
The Ransom of Dond
A Swift Pure Cry
Solace of the Road
Bog Child
The Guggenheim Mystery by Robin Stevens from Penguin Random House Children's UK - the perfect book.
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The Guggenheim Mystery by Robin Stevens from Puffin - the perfect book.
A book about peace, Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd from Definitions (Young Adult).
11 days ago
A book to enjoy and add to your bookshelves... A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd from Definitions (Young Adult).
18 days ago
A book to enjoy and add to your bookshelves... A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd from Penguin Random House Children's UK.
A book to enjoy and add to your bookshelves... A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd from Penguin.
A remarkable book that your children will love. Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd.
2 months ago
A remarkable book that your children will love. The Ransom of Dond by Siobhan Dowd.
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