Siobhan Dowd
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 was the first book to be posthumously awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2008.
She was also named as one of Waterstone's twenty five British writers for the future.
News and Blog
Marianne Musgrove’s THE WORRY TREE and Anthony Browne’s ME AND YOU have both been longlisted for the UK Literacy Association (UKLA) Children’s Book Awards. The prestigious longlist has traditionally been a major indicator of the best children books for inclusion in classrooms and schools. Musgrove’s THE WORRY TREE is a sensitively written story that deals with fears and anxiety in young children,...
Dowd wrote BOG CHILD in 2007, just before her death from cancer. It’s a beautifully written novel, set in Northern Ireland in 1981 at the height of the Troubles, and it tells a story of growing up against a background of sectarian violence. It features a wonderful male character, and is a leading example of quality YA writing that appeals to both teens (girls and boys) and adults. “Siobhan Dowd...
Books by Siobhan Dowd
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Bog Child
by Siobhan DowdThe extraordinary story of one long summer in the life of an 18-year-old boy caught up in the chaos and conflict of Ireland in the 1980s.
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The London Eye Mystery
by Siobhan DowdA new edition of this best-selling book reissued alongside five other great titles from David Fickling Books.
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Solace of the Road
by Siobhan DowdThe mesmerising tale of Holly, who flees her foster-home life and, taking on the persona of Solace, finds herself in a road-trip adventure.
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A Swift Pure Cry
by Siobhan DowdThis is an extraordinary story of one girl's courage in the face of prejudice and hardship within a small community in Ireland.
