Peter Dickinson
Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE FRSL (born 16 December 1927) is a prolific English author and poet, best known for children's books and detective stories.
Dickinson won the annual Carnegie Medal in Literature from the Library Association for both Tulku (1979) and City of Gold (1980), recognising each as the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. Through 2012 he is one of seven writers to win two Carnegies; no one has won three. He was also a highly commended runner up for Eva (1988) and four times a commended runner up.
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