Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE (born 16 December 1927) is an English author and poet who has written a wide variety of books, notably children's books and detective stories, over a long and distinguished career.
Dickinson was born in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), but his parents moved back to England so that he and his brothers could attend English schools: Dickinson was at Eton College from 1941-1946. After completing his ...
more
Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE (born 16 December 1927) is an English author and poet who has written a wide variety of books, notably children's books and detective stories, over a long and distinguished career.
Dickinson was born in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), but his parents moved back to England so that he and his brothers could attend English schools: Dickinson was at Eton College from 1941-1946. After completing his National Service (1946-1948), he studied at King's College, Cambridge, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1951. For seventeen years, from 1952-1969, he worked as assistant editor, resident poet and reviewer for Punch Magazine.
Dickinson has written almost fifty books, which fall into three general categories: mysteries for adults (including the James Pibble series); novels for younger readers (many of which have a fantastic or supernatural element); and a few simpler children's books.
Both of Dickinson's first crime novels won...
less
