The Blue Hawk - Softcover
At the Renewal of the King's Soul, Tron, young priest of Gdu, takes the sacrificial blue hawk from the Temple of O and Sa, thereby establishing a special relationship with the King, the Hawk God, and his fellow priests
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Peter Dickinson was born in Africa but raised and educated in England. From 1952 to 1969 he was on the editorial staff of Punch, and since then earned his living writing fiction of various kinds for children and adults. His books have been published in several languages throughout the world.
The author of twenty-one crime and mystery novels for adults, Dickinson was the first to win the Gold Dagger Award of the Crime Writers’ Association for two books running: The Glass-Sided Ants Nest (1968) and The Old English Peepshow (1969). Dickinson was shortlisted nine times for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for children’s literature and was the first author to win it twice.
Dickinson served as chairman of the Society of Authors and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2009 for services to literature. Peter Dickinson died on December 16, 2015, at the age of eighty-eight.
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The author of twenty-one crime and mystery novels for adults, Dickinson was the first to win the Gold Dagger Award of the Crime Writers’ Association for two books running: The Glass-Sided Ants Nest (1968) and The Old English Peepshow (1969). Dickinson was shortlisted nine times for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for children’s literature and was the first author to win it twice.
Dickinson served as chairman of the Society of Authors and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2009 for services to literature. Peter Dickinson died on December 16, 2015, at the age of eighty-eight.
“One of the real masters of children’s literature.” —Philip Pullman
“Peter Dickinson is a national treasure.” —The Independent
“[A] master storyteller.” —School Library Journal
“Peter Dickinson is a national treasure.” —The Independent
“[A] master storyteller.” —School Library Journal
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- PublisherDel Rey
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0345309472
- ISBN 13 9780345309471
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- Number of pages217
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