Identify this British novelist who passed away on 16 December 2015. The octogenarian had the distinction of being the first author to receive the prestigious Carnegie medal twice.
His first novel for children ‘The Weathermonger’ was published in 1968 and was followed by ‘Heartsease’ (1969) and ‘The Devil’s Children’ (1970).
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Peter DickinsonHe was the first author to win the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger award for two consecutive novels for his detective books ‘Skin Deep’ in 1968 and ‘A Pride Of Heroes’ in 1969. Two of his books ‘Tulku’ (1979) and ‘City of Gold’ (1980) won the Carnegie Medal.
