Peter Dickinson (1) (1927–2015)
Author of Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits
For other authors named Peter Dickinson, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Peter Dickinson was born in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia on December 16, 1927. He served in the British Army before receiving a B.A. in English literature from King's College, Cambridge in 1951. He was an assistant editor and reviewer for Punch Magazine for seventeen years. His first show more book, The Weathermonger, was published in 1968. He has written over 50 books for adults and young adults. His works for adults include Death of a Unicorn, Skeleton-in-Waiting, Perfect Gallows, The Yellow Room Conspiracy, and Some Deaths Before Dying. His works for young adults include The Iron Lion, The Ropemaker, Angel Isle, and In the Palace of the Khans. He has won several awards including the Boston Globe Horn Book Award in 1989 for Eva, the Carnegie Medal in 1979 for Tulku and in 1980 for City of Gold, the Whitbread Children's Prize for Tulku, and the Crime Writer's Golden Dagger for Skin Deep in 1968 and A Pride of Heroes in 1969. In 2009, he was awarded the OBE for services to literature. He died after a brief illness on December 16, 2015 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Peter Dickinson
The James Pibble Mysteries Volume One: The Glass-Sided Ants' Nest, The Old English Peep Show, and The Sinful… (2017) 4 copies
Troll Blood [Short story] 2 copies
Wizand [Short story] 1 copy
Scops [Short story] 1 copy
Talaria [Short story] 1 copy
Ridiki [Short story] 1 copy
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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September/October 2012, Vol. 123, Nos. 3 & 4 (2012) — Contributor — 17 copies
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- Legal name
- Dickinson, Peter Malcolm de Brissac
- Other names
- DICKINSON, Peter Malcolm DE BRISSAC
DICKINSON, Peter - Birthdate
- 1927-12-16
- Date of death
- 2015-12-16
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Livingstone, Zambia
- Place of death
- Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Hampshire, England, UK
Livingstone, Zambia - Education
- University of Cambridge (King's College)
Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England, UK - Occupations
- editor
author
poet - Relationships
- McKinley, Robin (wife)
Dickinson, John (son) - Organizations
- Crime Writers' Association
British Army (1946-1948)
Punch magazine - Awards and honors
- Order of the British Empire (Officer, 2009)
Royal Society of Literature (Fellow) - Agent
- AP Watt
- Short biography
- Peter Dickinson was born and raised in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). He received his Bachelor of Arts degree at King's College, Cambridge in 1951. He not only served in the British Army, but also as assistant editor and reviewer for Punch Magazine for seventeen years.
He has written several novels for adults, a television series for juveniles and many books for young people. Keeping track of the audience for whom he is writing is not a problem. He knows the voice in which he is writing and does not have to constantly remind himself. Many of his protagonists are female. He says, "...women are more observant. I think that girls are much more aware of social matters than boys, and therefore make much more interesting observers."
Over the years, Peter Dickinson has won many awards for his novels. In 1982 he was placed on the International Board of Books for Young People Honor List for Tulku and The Iron Lion was selected one of New York Times Notable Books. In 1989 he won the Boston Globe‚Horn Book Award for Eva.
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