Siobhan Dowd

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Siobhan Dowd was an award-winning British-Irish author best known for her powerful young adult novels that often explored themes of social justice, identity, and loss.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author
novelist
person
young adult fiction writer
awardReceived Bisto Book of the Year Award
Branford Boase Award
Carnegie Medal
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
United Kingdom
employer PEN International
ethnicGroup Irish
familyName Dowd
fieldOfWork human rights
literature
social justice
young adult literature
founded Siobhan Dowd Trust
genre children's literature
realistic fiction
young adult fiction
givenName Siobhán
surface form: Siobhan
hasInfluenced Patrick Ness
hasOccupation human rights campaigner
inspiredWork A Monster Calls
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf PEN International
movement children's rights advocacy
young adult literature
name Siobhan Dowd self-link
nationality British
Irish
notableFor exploring themes of identity in young adult novels
exploring themes of loss and grief
exploring themes of social justice in fiction
notableWork A Monster Calls
A Swift Pure Cry
Bog Child
Solace of the Road
The London Eye Mystery
occupation novelist
writer
youth literature author
primaryAudience children
young adults
purposeOfFoundedEntity to support reading for disadvantaged young people
theme grief
identity
loss
social justice
writingStyle realist
socially engaged

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A Monster Calls basedOnIdeaBy Siobhan Dowd
Patrick Ness influencedBy Siobhan Dowd
Carnegie Medal notableWinner Siobhan Dowd
Siobhan Dowd name Siobhan Dowd self-link
Conor O'Malley createdFromIdeaBy Siobhan Dowd
The Monster basedOnWorkBy Siobhan Dowd