Siobhan Dowd
British writer and activist
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Siobhan Dowd was a British writer and activist. The last book she completed, Bog Child, posthumously won the 2009 Carnegie Medal from the professional librarians, recognising the year's best book for children or young adults published in the UK. Wikipedia
Born: February 4, 1960, London, United Kingdom
Died: August 21, 2007 (age 47 years), Oxford, United Kingdom
Education: University of Greenwich and Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford
Cause of death: Breast cancer