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Peter Dickinson was born in Africa but raised and educated in England. From 1952 to 1969 he was on the editorial staff of Punch, and since then earned his living writing fiction of various kinds for children and adults. His books have been published in several languages throughout the world.
The author of twenty-one crime and mystery novels for adults, Dickinson was the first to win the Gold Dagger Award of the Crime Writers’ Association for two books running: The Glass-Sided Ants Nest (1968) and The Old English Peepshow (1969). Dickinson was shortlisted nine times for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for children’s literature and was the first author to win it twice.
Dickinson served as chairman of the Society of Authors and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2009 for services to literature. Peter Dickinson died on December 16, 2015, at the age of eighty-eight.
Review
“[Dickinson’s] best yet.” —The Times (London)
“The most original crime novelist to appear for a long, long time.” —The Guardian
“Coruscating.” —Books and Bookmen
“Peter Dickinson’s crime novels are streets ahead of others for interest and ingenuity.” —The Sunday Telegraph
“The story is, as might be expected from Peter Dickinson, a beautiful and bewildering set of complications taut with breathtaking suspense.” —Louis Untermeyer
“Among the authors who can be relied upon to hit the jackpot time and time again Peter Dickinson’s place is secure.” —The Times (London)
“Your wits are needed. . . . This study of trust is his best yet.” —The Times (London)
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- PublisherHodder and Stoughton
- Publication date1972
- ISBN 10 0340156368
- ISBN 13 9780340156360
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages188
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