Siobhan Dowd

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born

in The United Kingdom

January 01, 1960

died

August 21, 2007

gender

female

website

http://www.siobhandowdtrust.com/

genre

Young Adult

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Siobhan Dowd was born to Irish parents and brought up in London. She spent much of her youth visiting the family cottage in Aglish, County Waterford and later the family home in Wicklow Town.
She attended a Catholic grammar school in south London and then gained a degree in Classics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University. After a short stint in publishing, she joined the writer's organization PEN, initially as a researcher for its Writers in Prison Committee.

She went on to be Program Director of PEN American Center's Freedom-to-Write Committee in New York City. Her work here included founding and leading the Rushdie Defense Committee USA and traveling to Indonesia and Guatemala to investigate local human rights conditions for writers. Dur...more

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Siobhan Dowd's Books

Average rating: 4.13 · 21,935 ratings · 4,820 reviews · 11 distinct works · Similar authors

	The London Eye Mystery 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 4,021 ratings — published 2007 — 29 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bog Child 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 1,538 ratings — published 2008 — 24 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Swift Pure Cry 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 1,007 ratings — published 2006 — 17 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Solace of the Road 3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 624 ratings — published 2009 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Prison Where I Live: The Penn Anthology of Imprisoned Writers 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ransom of Dond 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2013 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd, Jim Kay (Illustrator) 4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 16,259 ratings — published 2011 — 44 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Roads of the Roma by Siobhan Hancock (Editor), Ian Hancock, Siobhan Dowd (Editor) 4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1998	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glimmer Train #60 Fall 2006 by Eric Weinberger, Belle Boggs (Goodreads Author), Katherin Nolte 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glimmer Train Stories #39 by Gerard Varni, Linda B. Swanson-Davies, Paul Rawlins 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Siobhan Dowd

“The studying, the books, exams, arguments, theories. The jokes and pints, laughter, kisses and songs. Life was like running, ninety percent sweat and toil, ten per cent joy.”
― Siobhan Dowd, Bog Child

tags: life

19 people liked it

“Death is not a reaper, like they say, nor even a friend. It is a dark, fierce water, an inundation.”
― Siobhan Dowd, Bog Child

tags: death

11 people liked it

“Knowledge can be like the skin on the surface of the water in a pond, or it can go all the way down to the mud. It can be the tiny tip of the iceberg or the whole hundred percent.”
― Siobhan Dowd, The London Eye Mystery

tags: mystery-novels

10 people liked it

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