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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.
Bog Child
Solace of the Road
A Swift Pure Cry
The London Eye Mystery
The Ransom of Dond
The Guggenheim Mystery
Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd from Penguin Random House Children's UK is a great book to listen to.
3 days ago
If you could go on holiday, where would you go? Discover The Guggenheim Mystery by Robin Stevens. Published by Puffin.
3 years ago
A remarkable book that your children will love. Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd.
4 years ago
You should read The Ransom of Dond by Siobhan Dowd. Published by RHCP Digital.
You should read The Ransom of Dond by Siobhan Dowd. Published by Corgi Childrens.
Amazing!!! Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd. Published by Definitions (Young Adult).
Amazing!!! The Guggenheim Mystery by Robin Stevens. Published by Puffin.
Could there be a better time to read Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd. Published by RHCP Digital.
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