Helen Dunmore
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Born | 12 December 1952 |
Helen Dunmore (born 12 December 1952) is a British poet, novelist and children's writer.[1] Educated at the University of York, she now lives in Bristol. Dunmore is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL). Some of her children's books are now included in reading schemes for use in schools.
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Awards and honours
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- 1994 McKitterick Prize, Zennor in Darkness[2]
- 1996 Orange Prize (inaugural winner), A Spell of Winter[3][4]
- 1990 Cardiff International Poetry Prize[5]
- 1997 T. S. Eliot Prize, shortlist, Bestiary[6]
- ???? Poetry Book Society Choice and Recommendations[7]
- 2015: Walter Scott Prize, shortlist, The Lie[8]
Bibliography
Novels
- Zennor in Darkness (McKitterick Prize 1994)
- Burning Bright (1994)
- A Spell of Winter (Orange Prize 1996)
- Talking to the Dead (1996)
- Your Blue-Eyed Boy (1998)
- With your Crooked Heart (1999)
- The Siege (Shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; shortlisted for the Orange Prize 2002)
- Mourning Ruby (2003)
- House of Orphans (2006)
- Counting the Stars (2008)
- The Betrayal (2010) (ISBN 978-1905490592)
- The Greatcoat (2012) (ISBN 978-0099564935)
- The Lie (2014)
- Exposure (2016)
Short story collections
- Love of Fat Men (1997)
- Ice Cream (2001)
- Rose, 1944 (2005)
Young adult books
- Zillah and Me!
- The Lilac Tree (first published as Zillah and Me) (2004)
- The Seal Cove (first published as The Zillah Rebellion) (2004)
- The Silver Bead (2004)
- The Ingo Chronicles
- Ingo (2005)
- The Tide Knot (2006)
- The Deep (2007)
- The Crossing of Ingo (2008)
- Stormswept (2012)
Children's books
- Going to Egypt (1992)
- In the Money (1995)
- Go Fox (1996)
- Fatal Error (1996)
- Amina's Blanket (1996)
- Clyde's Leopard (1998)
- Great-Grandma's Dancing Dress (1998)
- Brother Brother, Sister Sister (1999)
- Aliens Don't Eat Bacon Sandwiches (2000)
- The Ugly Duckling (2001)
- Tara's Tree House (2003)
- The Allie Books (1997–2000)
- The Ferry Birds (April 2010)
Poetry collections
- The Apple Fall (1983)
- The Sea Skater (1986)
- The Raw Garden (1988)
- Short Days, Long Nights (1991)
- Recovering a Body (1994)
- Secrets (1994)
- Bestiary (1997)
- Out of the Blue (2001)
- Glad of these times (2006)
- The Malarkey (2012)
References
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