Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE FRSL was an English author and poet, best known for children's books and detective stories.
15 Facts About Peter Dickinson
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Peter Dickinson was a highly commended runner-up for Eva and four times a commended runner-up.
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Peter Dickinson was born in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, the second of the four sons of a man in the colonial service and a farmer's daughter.
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Peter Dickinson's parents moved to England so that he and his brothers could attend English schools.
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Peter Dickinson's father died suddenly but Dickinson entered Saint Ronan's prep school in 1936 with support from the family.
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Peter Dickinson completed sequels to both debut novels and left Punch to be a full-time author next year.
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Peter Dickinson continued to write poetry for entertainment and occasionally on commission.
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In 1983, Peter Dickinson had met Robin McKinley, an American author of fantasy, some written for children.
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Peter Dickinson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1999 and appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 Birthday Honours.
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Peter Dickinson died after an illness on 16 December 2015, his 88th birthday.
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Peter Dickinson published almost fifty books, which fall into three general categories: crime fiction for adults, speculative and supernatural fiction for older children, and simpler children's books.
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Peter Dickinson was at least as successful with his children's books.
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Peter Dickinson won the 1977 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for The Blue Hawk, an award judged by British children's writers, which no author may win twice.
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Peter Dickinson won the Carnegie again next year for City of Gold.
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Peter Dickinson was one of five finalists for the writing award in 2000.