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Frances O'Roark Dowell

Frances O'Roark Dowell
Photograph (c) Clifton Dowell

Frances O'Roark Dowell

Frances O'Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Dovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award, Where I'd Like to Be, the bestselling The Secret Language of Girls, and its sequel The Kind of Friends We Used to Be, Chicken Boy, Shooting the Moon, which was awarded the Christopher Medal, the Phineas L. MacGuire series, and most recently Falling In and the teen novel Ten Miles Past Normal. She lives with her husband and two sons in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com.

The Second Life of Abigail Walker will be released on August 28, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
about 20 hours ago
Falling In will be released on April 17, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 11, 2012
Ten Miles Past Normal will be released on May 22, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 05, 2012
Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Blasts Off! will be released on June 28, 2011 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Jun 28, 2011
Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Blasts Off! is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Jun 28, 2011
News:
Shooting the Moon has won an award
Apr 07, 2011
Ten Miles Past Normal will be released on March 22, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 22, 2011
Ten Miles Past Normal is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 22, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Ten Miles Past Normal
Mar 05, 2011
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Falling In
Jul 15, 2010
Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Gets Slimed! will be released on June 22, 2010 in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Gets Slimed! is now available in eBook
Jun 22, 2010
Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Gets Slimed! will be released on June 22, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Jun 22, 2010
Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Gets Slimed! is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 22, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Gets Slimed!
Jun 12, 2010
News:
The Kind of Friends We Used to Be has won an award
May 06, 2010

Authors on the Web

Isthmus Daily Page, November 16, 2011
...O'Roark Call: 729-1763 Web: www.city.fitchburg.wi.us More Information: The Secret Language of Girls, by Frances O'Roark Dowell Join other mother/daughter pairs to discuss a great book, make new friends, and learn from each other. Stop at the Youth...
coldantlerfarm, April 21, 2011
...Antler Farm, I had to contact the author and see if it was true. Turns out that author Frances Dowell is a CAF reader herself, and felt it was time to write a story with chickens and goats in it, thanks to a little inspiration from my little farm...