Helen Dunmore

Helen Dunmore
Born	12 December 1952

Helen Dunmore (born 12 December 1952) is a British poet, novelist and children's writer.^[1] Educated at the University of York, she now lives in Bristol. Dunmore is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL). Some of her children's books are now included in reading schemes for use in schools.

Awards and honours

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• 1994 McKitterick Prize, Zennor in Darkness^[2]
• 1996 Orange Prize (inaugural winner), A Spell of Winter^[3][4]
• 1990 Cardiff International Poetry Prize^[5]
• 1997 T. S. Eliot Prize, shortlist, Bestiary^[6]
• ???? Poetry Book Society Choice and Recommendations^[7]
• 2015: Walter Scott Prize, shortlist, The Lie^[8]

Bibliography

Novels

• Zennor in Darkness (1993) (McKitterick Prize 1994)
• Burning Bright (1994)
• A Spell of Winter (Orange Prize 1996)
• Talking to the Dead (1996)
• Your Blue-Eyed Boy (1998)
• With your Crooked Heart (1999)
• The Siege (Shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; shortlisted for the Orange Prize 2002)
• Mourning Ruby (2003)
• House of Orphans (2006)
• Counting the Stars (2008)
• The Betrayal (2010) (ISBN 978-1-905490-59-2)
• The Greatcoat (2012) (ISBN 978-0-09-956493-5)
• The Lie (2014)
• Exposure (2016) (ISBN 978-0-09-195394-2)

An "Exclusive edition for independent bookshops" (ISBN 978-1-78633-000-0) includes a 14-page essay "On Reading"^[9]

Short story collections

• Love of Fat Men (1997)
• Ice Cream (2001)
• Rose, 1944 (2005)

Young adult books

• Zillah and Me!
  • The Lilac Tree (first published as Zillah and Me) (2004)
  • The Seal Cove (first published as The Zillah Rebellion) (2004)
  • The Silver Bead (2004)
• The Ingo Chronicles
  • Ingo (2005)
  • The Tide Knot (2006)
  • The Deep (2007)
  • The Crossing of Ingo (2008)
  • Stormswept (2012)

Children's books

• Going to Egypt (1992)
• In the Money (1995)
• Go Fox (1996)
• Fatal Error (1996)
• Amina's Blanket (1996)
• Clyde's Leopard (1998)
• Great-Grandma's Dancing Dress (1998)
• Brother Brother, Sister Sister (1999)
• Aliens Don't Eat Bacon Sandwiches (2000)
• The Ugly Duckling (2001)
• Tara's Tree House (2003)
• The Allie Books (1997–2000)
• The Ferry Birds (April 2010)

Poetry collections

• The Apple Fall (1983)
• The Sea Skater (1986)
• The Raw Garden (1988)
• Short Days, Long Nights (1991)
• Recovering a Body (1994)
• Secrets (1994)
• Bestiary (1997)
• Out of the Blue (2001)
• Glad of these times (2006)
• The Malarkey (2012)

References

1. Helen Dunmore
2. "Past winners of the McKitterick Prize". Society of Authors.
3. McCrum, Robert (10 June 2001). "The Siege is a novel for now". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 7 June 2009.
4. Woodman, Sue (1 July 1996). "Orange is a female color". The Nation (Washington D.C.). Retrieved 12 December 2011.(subscription required)
5. Dowson, Jane; Entwistle, Alice (2005). A History of Twentieth-Century British Women's Poetry. Cambridge University Press. p. xx. ISBN 978-0-521-81946-6.
6. "Helen Dunmore – Orange Prize winner – Poetry".
7. "Helen Dunmore". British Council. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
8. "2015 Shortlist announced". Walter Scott Prize. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
9. Dunmore, Helen (2016). "On Reading: an exclusive for independent bookshops". Exposure. Hutchnson. pp. 395–410. ISBN 978-1-78633-000-0. Title page of essay on p 395, text of essay on pp 397-410. Dustjacket bears the words "Exclusive edition for independent bookshops"

External links

• Official website
• Helen Dunmore at British Council: Literature
• HarperCollins Canada site
• Dunmore reads her poem, "Wild strawberries" on YouTube
• Ingo by Helen Dunmore on YouTube