Siobhan Dowd

Quick Facts

Full Name	Siobhan Dowd
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Feb 4, 1960(1960-02-04)
Age	64
Date Of Death	2007-08-21
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Siobhan Dowd Biography

Siobhan Dowd is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on February 4, 1960 in London, England, United Kingdom. Siobhan Dowd (4 February 1960 21 August 2007) was an British writer and activist from the United Kingdom. Her last novel, Bog Child, posthumously received the Carnegie Medal from the professional librarians, which recognized the best book of 2009 for young or children that was published within the U.K.

In September 2004 Dowd received a diagnosis of breast cancer that was advanced. However she continued to write prolifically. In her final year of life, she formed a relationship with children’s author Meg Rosoff, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer.

On her return to the UK, Dowd co-founded, with Rachel Billington, English PEN’s readers and writers program. The program takes authors into schools in socially deprived areas, as well as prisons, young offender’s institutions and community projects. During 2004, Dowd served as Deputy Commissioner for Children’s Rights in Oxfordshire, working with local government to ensure that statutory services affecting children’s lives conform with UN protocols.

Dowd’s first novel was A Swift Pure Cry, a 2006 novel about a teenager named Shell, a girl who lives in County Cork, Ireland. It won the 2007 Branford Boase Award and the Eilís Dillon Award. It was short-listed for the Carnegie Medal, Booktrust Teenage Prize, the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize, the Sheffield Children’s Book Award, the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, and the CBI Bisto Book of the Year Award; long-listed for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. For it she was awarded the Children’s Book Ireland Eilís Dillon Award (sponsored by Bisto) in May 2007 and the Branford Boase Award in June 2007.

Dowd Edited three anthologies for the Threatened Literature Series for the Freedom to Write Committee of the PEN American Center: This Prison where I Live (Cassell 1996) and, in conjunction together with Ian Hancock and Rajko Djuric, The Roads of the Roma The Roads of the Roma: A PEN Anthology of Gypsy Writers (University of Hertfordshire Press between 1998 and 2004). While she is she is not listed as an official editor, she did edit “Inked Over, Ripped Out: Burmese Storytellers and the Censors” (Silkworm Books 1994) The book is transliterated into English by Anna J. Allott and that featured stories from seven Burmese writers.

Siobhan Dowd Net Worth

Siobhan Dowd is one of the richest Writer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Siobhan Dowd 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1984 she joined the writers’ organization International PEN, initially as researcher for its Writers in Prison Committee and later as the Program Director of the PEN the American Center’s Freedom-to-Write Committee in New York City. Her role included establishing and running the Rushdie Defense Committee (USA) and traveling through Indonesia as well as Guatemala to research the local conditions of human rights for writers. In the seven years she lived living in New York, Dowd was listed as among the “top 100 Irish- Americans” by Irish-America Magazine and Aer Lingus for her anti-censorship efforts around the world.

Dowd has been married two times. Her first marriage fell apart in the mid-90s, and she later relocated into New York City, where she was employed by PEN America Center. Dowd lived for seven years living in New York until she returned to London in 1997, in order to enjoy more family time. In 2000, she got to know Geoff Morgan, a librarian at Oxford Brookes University. They got married in March 2001. They were married in Wales.

An invitation by Tony Bradman to contribute a story about an Irish “Pavee” (gypsy/traveller) to his collection of short stories for children about racism, Skin Deep (Puffin, 2004), led to a new career as an author of children’s books. Dowd was inspired by this success to continue writing for children and developed close friendships with two established children’s authors, Lee Weatherly and Fiona Dunbar. They would meet regularly to chat about their work and discuss children’s literature.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Siobhan Dowd height Not available right now. Siobhan weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Siobhan Dowd Dating?

According to our records, Siobhan Dowd is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Siobhan Dowd’s is not dating anyone.

Relationships Record : We have no records of past relationships for Siobhan Dowd. You may help us to build the dating records for Siobhan Dowd!

She had the characters, a premise, and a beginning. What she didn’t have, unfortunately, was time.
—Patrick Ness, in the Author’s Note to A Monster Calls

Facts & Trivia

Siobhan Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Siobhan Dowd celebrates birthday on February 4 of every year.

Top Facts about Siobhan Dowd

1. Siobhan Dowd was an English writer and activist born in 1960.
2. She wrote four critically acclaimed young adult novels.
3. Her novel “Bog Child” won the Carnegie Medal in 2009.
4. Dowd died of breast cancer at age 47 in 2007.
5. The Siobhan Dowd Trust was established to promote literacy and social justice.
6. She worked for PEN International, promoting freedom of expression.
7. Dowd’s work often dealt with themes of injustice and inequality.
8. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages.
9. A posthumous collection of her short stories was published in 2010.
10. Dowd’s legacy continues to inspire young readers and writers today.

What illness did Siobhan Dowd have?

In May last year, Siobhan Dowd was named one of 25 ‘authors of the future’. She died of cancer three months later.

Who is Patrick Ness and Siobhan Dowd?

American-born Patrick Ness has lived in the UK since 1999. Ness never met Siobhan Dowd, although they shared the same literary editor. But after Dowd’s death from cancer, aged 47, in 2007 he was asked to take the idea she’d been developing for her fifth novel and write it himself.

How old was Siobhan Dowd when she died?

47 years (1960–2007)

Was Siobhan Dowd married?

In 2000 she met Geoff Morgan, a librarian at Oxford Brookes University. They married in March 2001 in Wales.

How do you pronounce Siobhan Dowd?

Siobhan is a traditional Gaelic name. It is pronounced Sha-vonne. Not Shi- vonne.