Peter Dickinson English children's writer (1927–2015) (1927–2015) Parents May Southey Lovemore Richard Sebastion Willoughby Dickinson Children Polly Dickinson James Chrisopher Meade Dickinson John Dickinson Philippa Lucy Anne Dickinson Siblings Richard Dickinson, 2nd Baron Dickinson David Christopher Dickinson Hugh Dickinson Partners Mary Rose Barnard Robin McKinley