Frances O'Roark Dowell

Frances O'Roark Dowell is the author of ten books 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 Allan White 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).

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

Dowell has an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She lives in Durham, NC.

Partial Bibliography

• Shooting the Moon (2008), ISBN 1-4169-2690-9
• Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Gets Slimed! (2007), ISBN 1-4169-0196-5
• Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Erupts!: The First Experiment (2006), ISBN 1-4169-0195-7
• Chicken Boy (2005), ISBN 0-689-85816-7
• The Secret Language of Girls (2004, ISBN 0-689-84421-2
  • Polish translation: Sekretny język dziewczyn ISBN 978-83-60010-91-4
• Where I’d Like to Be (2003), ISBN 0-689-84420-4
• Dovey Coe' (2000), ISBN 0-689-83174-9
  • 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.

External links

• Official author website