F. E. Higgins
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{{short description|Irish children's author}}
{{for|the evangelist|Frank E. Higgins}}
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| birth_name = Fiona Higgins
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| birth_place = Wicklow, Ireland
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| occupation = Writer
| language = English
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| period = 2007–present
| genre = Children's fantasy
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- The Bone Magician
- The Black Book of Secrets
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Fiona "F. E." Higgins is an Irish children's author.{{cite news|last=Klötzer|first=Marion|title=Der Zauber wirkt|url=http://www.badische-zeitung.de/nachrichten/kultur/der-zauber-wirkt--11944066.html|accessdate=4 October 2013|newspaper=Badische Zeitung|date=25 February 2009}} She is known for her books The Bone Magician and The Black Book of Secrets,{{cite web |title=Books by F.E. Higgins [archived reviews] |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/fe-higgins/ |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |accessdate=4 October 2013}} the latter of which was awarded a Bisto Honour Award in 2008.{{cite web|title=Bisto Book of the Year winner announced |url=http://www.emigrant.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58748 |publisher=Irish Emigrant |access-date=4 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017015449/http://www.emigrant.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58748 |archive-date=17 October 2014 |df= }} Born in Wicklow,{{cite news |title=Fiona's new book to again be a favourite|url=http://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/news/fionas-new-book-to-again-be-a-favourite-27621452.html|accessdate=4 October 2013|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=27 March 2008}} she worked as a schoolteacher before becoming a full-time writer in 2000.{{cite news|title=The Afternoon Show: Fiona E Higgins|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/theafternoonshow/2008/0407/fionahiggins571.html|accessdate=4 October 2013|newspaper=RTÉ|date=7 April 2008}}
Bibliography
=''Tales from the Sinister City''=
- The Black Book of Secrets (2007){{cite news|last=Peet|first=Mal|title=Guilty pleasures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/feb/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview16|accessdate=4 October 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=16 February 2007}}{{cite news|last=Middleton|first=Christopher|title=Parable of the talent|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookclub/3662278/Parable-of-the-talent.html|accessdate=4 October 2013|newspaper=Telegraph|date=6 Jan 2007}}{{cite news|last=Venkatesh|first=M|title=Dark adventures in Pagus Parvus|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/VLT7eqzzr24eHPsf3tcCrJ/Dark-adventures-in-Pagus-Parvus.html|accessdate=4 October 2013|newspaper=LiveMint|date=10 March 2007}}
- The Bone Magician (2008){{cite news|last=Jones|first=Nicolette|title=The Bone Magician by FE Higgins (review)|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/books/fiction/article81967.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233016/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/books/fiction/article81967.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2016|accessdate=4 October 2013|newspaper=Sunday Times|date=9 March 2008}}{{cite news|last=Craig|first=Amanda|title=The Bone Magician by F. E. Higgins (review)|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/books/article1691166.ece|access-date=4 October 2013|newspaper=The Times|date=7 March 2008}}
- The Eyeball Collector (2009){{cite web|last=Bird|first=Elizabeth|title=Review of the Day: The Eyeball Collector by F.E. Higgins|url=http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2009/10/07/review-of-the-day-the-eyeball-collector-by-f-e-higgins/#_|publisher=SLJ|accessdate=4 October 2013}}
- The Lunatic's Curse (2010){{cite web|title=Children's Book Review: The Lunatic's Curse|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-56682-1|publisher=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=4 October 2013}}
=''The Phenomenals''=
- A Tangle of Traitors (2013)
- A Game of Ghouls (2013)
= Other =
- The Perfect Enemy (part of the series Heroes of different authors)
- New book coming 2020
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.panmacmillan.com/gobstoppers/fehiggins}}
- {{isfdb name|133716}}
- {{LCAuth|nr2007001619|F. E. Higgins|4|ue}}
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Category:Irish children's writers
Category:Irish fantasy writers
Category:Irish women children's writers
Category:People from Wicklow (town)