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 has earned his living writing
fiction of various kinds for children and adults. His books have
been published in several languages throughout the world.
The recipient of many awards, Dickinson has been shortlisted nine
times for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for children’s literature
and was the first author to win it twice. The author of
twenty-one crime and mystery novels for adults, Dickinson was also
the first to win the Gold Dagger of the Crime Writers’ Association
for two books running: The Glass-Sided Ants’ Nest (1968)
and The Old English Peepshow (1969).
A collection of Dickinson’s poetry, The Weir, was published in
2007. His latest book, In the Palace of the
Khans, was published in 2012 and was nominated for the
Carnegie Medal.
Dickinson has served as chairman of the Society of Authors and is 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.
“Shapely and intelligent . . . Play Dead rises
triumphant.” —Chicago Tribune
“Dickinson’s touch is so masterly here that he makes other fine
domestic mysteries seem quite amateurish.” —Kirkus Reviews
“An adroit and suspenseful tale.” —The New York Times Book
Review
“The works of British mystery writer Peter Dickinson are like
caviar—an acquired taste that easily can become an addiction.”
—Time
“The whodunits of British novelist Peter Dickinson are
exceptional.” —Newsweek
“Wherever he turns his swirling imagination, Dickinson finds the
mysterious in the familiar and writes mesmerizing whodunits.” —The
Washington Post Book World
“He is a true original, a superb writer who revitalizes the
conventions of the mystery genre.” —P. D. James
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