Siobahn Dowd Dead at 47

Publisher’s Weekly reports that Siobahn Dowd, author of the wonderful first novel A Swift, Pure Cry has died in Oxford at age 47 of cancer. I’m saddened that this beautiful talent is gone.

For Jonathan Fryer’s comments, click here.

For Siobahn Dowd’s website click here.

Kelly over at Big A, little a sums it up succinctly and eloquently.

Read what Write Away has to say about the work of Siobahn Dowd.

Read the lovely obituarity that Jonathan Fryer wrote for the Guardian here.

Author: Gina Ruiz

Gina Ruiz is a writer and reviewer living in Los Angeles. She writes about bookish events, books and graphic novels. She is especially interested in the following genres: Chicano, poetry, literature, fiction, mystery, comics, graphic novels, sci-fi, children's literature, non-fiction, historical fiction, literary fiction. She does not review religious literature, self-help, political or self-published books.

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