PETER DICKINSON
Peter Dickinson is a celebrated author. He has won multiple prizes, has published over 50 books and has been translated into 53 languages. He won the prestigious Carnegie Medal twice and the Crime Writer’s Golden Dagger twice. He is also a published poet. He was awarded the O.B.E in 2009 for services to literature.
“A stylist of subtle brilliance”
The New York Times
“One of the masters of children's literature.”
Philip Pullman
LATEST BOOK
In the Palace of the Khans
Nigel’s father is the British ambassador in Dirzhan, a small country up among the mountains way out east. It has one foot in the middle ages and one in the age of the internet. Its national myth is called The Vengeance of the Khan. On his first morning there he settles down write his blog. He’s off to a good start, invited to visit the Khan’s daughter Taeela, a real princess living in a real palace.
Here is a rip-roaring adventure story, a world exotic but utterly believable, a cast of fascinating characters. In short, a story by Peter Dickinson at the top of his form.
