Frances O'Roark Dowell

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Occupation Author Notable awards Edgar Award		Genre Middle-grade fiction Nationality German

Born May 30, 1964 (age 52)Berlin, Germany ( 1964-05-30 ) Alma mater Wake Forest UniversityUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst Notable works Dovey Coe, Shooting the Moon Awards Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Education University of Massachusetts Amherst, Wake Forest University Nominations Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award People also search for Preston McDaniels, Amy Bates, Cornelia Krutz-Arnold, F. Bazzurro Books The Secret Language of Girls, Dovey Coe, The Kind of Friends We Used to Be, Shooting the Moon, Ten Miles Past Normal

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Frances O'Roark Dowell is an American author of middle-grade fiction, including Dovey Coe (2000), The Secret Language of Girls, Shooting the Moon, and Falling In. Her books have received numerous awards, including an Edgar (Dovey Coe), the William Allen White Children's Book Award (Dovey Coe), the Christopher Award (Shooting the Moon), the VOYA Book Award (Where I'd Like to Be), and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Children's Fiction, Honor Book (Shooting the Moon).

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Dovey Coe has been translated into Chinese, French and German. The Secret Language of Girls has been translated into Polish.

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Biography

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The daughter of a US Army lawyer, Frances O'Roark Dowell was born in Germany and moved around frequently as a child. After graduating from high school in Texas, she completed undergraduate studies in English at Wake Forest University and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with a concentration in poetry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She lives in Durham, North Carolina with her husband and two sons.

Published works

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Dovey Coe (2000)

Chinese translation: 我不是兇手 = Dovey Coe / Wo bu shi xiong shou = Dovey Coe . Taibei Shi : Taiwan dong fang chu ban she gu fen you xian gong si, 2002 ISBN 978-957-570-676-0

French translation" "Accusée!" ISBN 978-2-7470-1176-1

German translation: Dunkler Sommer über Indian Creek : Roman Weinheim : Beltz und Gelberg, 2002. ISBN 978-3-407-79840-4.

Where I’d Like to Be (2003)

Chicken Boy (2005)

Shooting the Moon (2008)

Falling In (2010)

Ten Miles Past Normal (2011)

The Second Life of Abigail Walker (2012)

Anybody Shining (2014)

The Secret Language of Girls

The Secret Language of Girls (2004)

Polish translation: Sekretny język dziewczyn ISBN 978-83-60010-91-4

The Kind of Friends We Used To Be (2009)

The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away (2013)

From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. Macguire

Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Erupts!: The First Experiment (2006)

Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Gets Slimed! (2007)

Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Blasts Off! (2008)

Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Gets Cooking! (2012)

Awards

2001: Edgar Award, Best Children's, Dovey Coe

2003: William Allen White Children's Book Award, 6th–8th Grade, Dovey Coe

2008: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor, Shooting the Moon

2009: Christopher Award, Books for Young People - Ages 10-12, Shooting the Moon

References

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