What is Peter Dickinson?
{{Infobox writer | name = Peter Dickinson | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|12|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Livingstone, Zambia|Livingstone]], [[Northern Rhodesia]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|12|16|1927|12|16|df=y}} | death_place = [[Winchester]], [[Hampshire]], [[England]] | occupation = Writer, poet | nationality = British | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = [[Eton College]] (1941–46) | alma_mater = [[King's College, Cambridge]] (1948–51) | period = 1968–2015 | genre = [[Crime fiction]], [[children's novels]]<!-- see TALK#Genre(s)--> and [[picture books]] | subject = | movement = | notableworks = {{plainlist| * ''[[Tulku (book)|Tulku]]'' * ''[[The Flight of Dragons (book)|The Flight of Dragons]]'' * ''[[City of Gold (book)|City of Gold]]'' * ''[[Eva (novel)|Eva]]'' }} | spouse = {{plainlist| * Mary Rose Barnard (1953–88)<!--her death--> * [[Robin McKinley]] (1991-2015) }} | partner = | children = 4 | relatives = | awards = {{awd|[[Horn Book Award]]|1977}} {{awd|[[Guardian Prize]]|1977}} {{awd|[[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]]|1979, 1980}} {{awd|[[Phoenix Award]]|2001, 2008}} | signature = | website = {{URL|www.peterdickinson.com}} }} '''Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] [[FRSL]] (16 December 1927 – 16 December 2015) was an [[English people|English]] author and poet. He was best known for [[children's books]] and [[detective stories]]. Dickinson won the annual [[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]] from the [[CILIP|Library Association]] for both ''Tulku'' (1979) and ''City of Gold'' (1980), each being called as the year's outstanding children's book by a [[British subject]]. Through 2012 he is one of seven writers to win two Carnegies; no one has won three. For his contributions as a children's writer Dickinson was a finalist for the [[Ha