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Peter Dickinson


(Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickenson)
UK flag (1927 - 2015)
Husband of Robin McKinley

Peter Dickinson lives in Hampshire with his second wife, author Robin McKinley. He has written more than fifty novels for adults and young readers. He has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Award twice, and his novel The Blue Hawk won The Guardian Award in 1975.
 

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Mystery
 
Series
Changes Trilogy
   1. The Weathermonger (1968)
   2. Heartsease (1969)
   3. The Devil's Children (1970)
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James Pibble
   1. The Glass-Sided Ants' Nest (1968)
     aka Skin Deep
   2. A Pride of Heroes (1969)

     aka Old English Peep Show

   3. The Seals (1970)

     aka The Sinful Stones

   4. Sleep and His Brother (1971)
   5. Lizard in the Cup (1972)
   6. One Foot in the Grave (1979)
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Kin
   Mana's Story (1998)
   Po's Story (1998)
   Noli's Story (1998)
   Suth's Story (1998)
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Ropemaker
   1. The Ropemaker (2001)
   2. Angel Isle (2006)
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Novels
   Emma Tupper's Diary (1970)
   The Dancing Bear (1972)
   Mandog (1972) (with Lois Lamplugh)
   The Gift (1973)
   The Green Gene (1973)
   The Iron Lion (1973)
   The Poison Oracle (1974)
   The Lively Dead (1975)
   The Blue Hawk (1976)
   Annerton Pit (1977)
   Walking Dead (1977)
   The Flight of Dragons (1979)
   Hepzibah (1980)
   A Summer in the Twenties (1981)
   The Seventh Raven (1981)
   The Last House Party (1982)
   Healer (1983)
   Hindsight (1983)
   Giant Cold (1983)
   Death of a Unicorn (1984)
   A Box of Nothing (1985)
   Tefuga (1986)
   Mole Hole (1987)
   Perfect Gallows (1987)
   Eva (1988)
   Merlin Dreams (1988)
   AK (1990)
   Play Dead (1991)
   A Bone from a Dry Sea (1992)
   Time and the Clockmice, Etcetera (1993)
   The Yellow Room Conspiracy (1994)
   Shadow of a Hero (1994)
   Chuck and Danielle (1996)
   Touch and Go (1999)
   Some Deaths before Dying (1999)
   The Tears of the Salamander (2003)
   The Gift Boat (2004)
     aka Inside Grandad
   In the Palace of the Khans (2013)
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Collections
   Chance, Luck, and Destiny (1975)
   City of Gold (1980)
   The Lion Tamer's Daughter (1997)
   Water (2002) (with Robin McKinley)
   The Weir (poems) (2007)
   Fire (2009) (with Robin McKinley)
   Earth and Air (2012)
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Anthologies edited
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Series contributed to
MagicQuest
   5. Tulku (1979)
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Anthologies containing stories by Peter Dickinson
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Short stories
Mink (1980)
Flight (1985)World Fantasy (nominee)


Awards
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (1974) : The Green Gene
Carnegie Medal Best Book winner (1980) : Tulku
Carnegie Medal Best Book winner (1981) : City of Gold: And Other Stories from the Old Testament
World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1986) : Flight
Michael L. Printz Award Best Book nominee (2002) : The Ropemaker




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