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Dickinson, Peter, 1927-2015

LC control no.n 80050425
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR6054.I35
Personal name headingDickinson, Peter, 1927-2015
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Associated countryGreat Britain
LocatedHampshire (England)
Birth date1927-12-16
Death date2015-12-16
Place of birthLivingstone (Zambia)
Place of deathWinchester (England)
Field of activityFiction Poetry Detective and mystery stories Children's stories Fantasy fiction
Novels
AffiliationEton College
King's College (University of Cambridge)
Profession or occupationAuthors Novelists Poets
Found inHis The glass-sided ants' nest, 1968.
A bone from a dry sea, 1993: t.p. (Peter Dickinson) jkt. (b. in what is now Zambia)
His The green gene, 1973: title-page (Peter Dickinson) dust jacket (Peter Dickinson; used to be on the staff of Punch before becoming a full-time novelist; he has written five books around the career and retirement pursuits of Detective Superintendent Jimmy Pibble; also wrote the distinguished children's novels, The weathermonger, Heartsease, The devil's children, Emma Tupper's Diary, and The gift)
Wikipedia, May 19, 2015 (Peter Dickinson; Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE FRSL (born 16 December 1927); prolific English author and poet, best known for children's books and detective stories; born in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia; nationality: British; education: Eton College (1941-1946); Alma mater: King's College, Cambridge (1948-51))
   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Dickinson>
Author's website, May 19, 2015: about Peter page (he and his second wife, the American writer Robin McKinley, live in [Hampshire] an almost-too-pretty country town in the south of England)
   <http://peterdickinson.com/about-peter/>
New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 18, 2015 (in obituary published Dec. 17: Peter Dickinson; Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson; b. Dec. 16, 1927, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia); when he was 7, the family returned to Britain; d. Wednesday [Dec. 16, 2015], Winchester, aged 88; award-winning British mystery writer whose books for adults and children often crossed the boundaries separating the genres of crime, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, and suspense)
Associated languageeng