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Siobhan Dowd

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

February 04, 1960

Died

August 21, 2007

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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Average rating: 4.28 · 162,771 ratings · 25,920 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	The London Eye Mystery (London Eye Mystery, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 14,576 ratings — published 2007 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.81 avg rating — 4,448 ratings — published 2008 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.77 avg rating — 2,600 ratings — published 2006 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.58 avg rating — 1,569 ratings — published 2009 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 by Siobhan Dowd, Pam Smy (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 2013 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Pavee and the Buffer Girl by Siobhan Dowd, Emma Shoard (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 233 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Rollercoasterslondon Eye Mystery Reading 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Der Junge, der sich in Luft auflöste 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Rollercoasters: London Eye Mystery Class Pack 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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“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

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“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

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“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

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Mystery March Readathon 2023
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Recommend mystery books or graphic novels for our readathon

Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Death of Nancy Drew by Anthony Del Col

4 votes, 33.3%

The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson

2 votes, 16.7%

Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead

2 votes, 16.7%

Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Is Bad Manners) by Robin Stevens

1 vote, 8.3%

The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

1 vote, 8.3%

Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton (write-in)

1 vote, 8.3%

The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer

0 votes, 0.0%

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

0 votes, 0.0%

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

0 votes, 0.0%

Pepper's Rules for Secret Sleuthing by Briana McDonald

0 votes, 0.0%

Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles

0 votes, 0.0%

Something Rotten by Alan Gratz

0 votes, 0.0%

Forget Me by K.A. Harrington

0 votes, 0.0%

Goldie Vance Vol. 1 by Hope Larson

0 votes, 0.0%

Framed! by James Ponti

0 votes, 0.0%

The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

0 votes, 0.0%

The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel

0 votes, 0.0%

Cold Case by Julia Platt Leonard

0 votes, 0.0%

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