Siobhan Dowd
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Siobhan Dowd was a British writer and activist. The last book she completed, Bog Child, posthumously won the 2009 Carnegie Medal from the professional librarians, recognising the year's best book for
Siobhan Dowd at her marriage in March 2001
St Margaret's Church, Binsey, Oxford, where Siobhan Dowd is buried
A Monster Calls
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A Monster Calls is a Low fantasy novel written for young adults by Patrick Ness, adapted from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd, illustrated by Jim Kay and published by Walker Books in 2011. Set in pre
Siobhan Dowd
…of the acclaimed Chaos Walking trilogy. Walker arranged for Ness to write the story; later, Walker and Ness arranged for Jim Kay to illustrate it; and A Monster Calls (May 2011) was published before Ness and Kay met. In 2012 it won both the Carnegie Medal (Ness) and the companion Kate Greenaway Medal (Kay) as the…
First edition cover