Frances O'Roark Dowell
Frances O'Roark Dowell is an American author of middle-grade fiction, including Dovey Coe, The Secret Language of Girls, Shooting the Moon, and Falling In. Her books have received numerous awards, including an Edgar, the William Allen White Children's Book Award, the Christopher Award, the VOYA Book Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Children's Fiction, Honor Book.
Dovey Coe has been translated into Chinese, French and German. The Secret Language of Girls has been translated into Polish.Biography
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
- Dovey Coe
- *Chinese translation: 我不是兇手 – Taipei: The Eastern Publishing Co., Ltd, 2002.
- * French translation: Accusée! – Bayard Jeunesse, 2005.
- * German translation: Dunkler Sommer über Indian Creek – Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 2002.
- Where I'd Like to Be
- Chicken Boy
- Shooting the Moon
- Falling In
- Ten Miles Past Normal
- The Second Life of Abigail Walker
- Anybody Shining
- Trouble the Water
- Birds in the Air
;The Secret Language of Girls
- The Secret Language of Girls
- * Polish translation: Sekretny język dziewczyn
- The Kind of Friends We Used To Be
- The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away
;From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. Macguire
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- Phineas L. MacGuire... Gets Slimed!
- Phineas L. MacGuire... Blasts Off!
- Phineas L. MacGuire... Gets Cooking!
; Sam the Man
