The London Eye Mystery was written by the late Siobhan Dowd, author of Bog Child and A Monster Calls (through Ness), and features a 12-year old boy with Asperger's trying to solve the mystery of the disappearance of his cousin Alim at the London Eye. I love her series of Murder Most Unladylike and I received a notification that she had written a completely new book, sequel to this one. This title came to my attention through Robin Stevens. She had been receiving treatment for advanced breast cancer for 3 years, and did not go gentle into that good night. Siobhan died on 21st August 2007 aged 47. In May 2007, Siobhan was named one of '25 authors of the future' by Waterstones Books as part of the latter's 25th anniversary celebrations. Siobhan has an MA with Distinction in Gender and Ethnic Studies at Greenwich University, has authored short stories, columns and articles, and edited two anthologies. On her return to the UK, Siobhan co-founded English PEN's readers and writers programme, which takes authors into schools in socially deprived areas, as well as prisons, young offender's institutions and community projects.ĭuring 2004, Siobhan served as Deputy Commissioner for Children's Rights in Oxfordshire, working with local government to ensure that statutory services affecting children's lives conform with UN protocols.

During her seven-year spell in New York, Siobhan was named one of the 'top 100 Irish-Americans' by Irish-America Magazine and AerLingus, for her global anti-censorship work.

Her work here included founding and leading the Rushdie Defense Committee USA and traveling to Indonesia and Guatemala to investigate local human rights conditions for writers. She went on to be Program Director of PEN American Center's Freedom-to-Write Committee in New York City.

After a short stint in publishing, she joined the writer's organization PEN, initially as a researcher for its Writers in Prison Committee. She attended a Catholic grammar school in south London and then gained a degree in Classics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University. She spent much of her youth visiting the family cottage in Aglish, County Waterford and later the family home in Wicklow Town. Siobhan Dowd was born to Irish parents and brought up in London.

The london eye mystery by siobhan dowd