
She enjoyed poetry from the start of her childhood.

She wrote poetry, short stories, and novels. She wrote stories for children, teens, and adults. She was nominated for and won many awards in her time some include a McKetterick Prize in the year 1994, for the novel “Zennor in Darkness” and the first Orange Prize Winner for her novel “A Spell of Winter” in the year 1996. In the year 1980, she was married to Frank Charnley, who is a lawyer. She had two kids (one son and a daughter), a stepson, as well as three grand kids when she died. Because she was a part of a giant family, she heard a lot of stories, not to mention the fact that the stories have different meanings to whoever hears them and it is possible to recast the stories from different perspectives. She was the second of four kids, and her father was the oldest of a dozen kids.

And as Ingo grows in power both Sapphy and Conor are called to its depths to take on the might of Ingo's tides.Author Helen Dunmore was born on Decem(in Beverley, Yorkshire) and died on J(in Bristol, England) at the age of 64 of cancer. Although Conor senses this and pleads with Sapphy to stay away from Ingo, he cannot get through to her. But Ingo is becoming a more dangerous place. There she makes new friends: Faro's powerful, wise teacher, Saldowr, the dolphins, a whale and even sharks. Unhappy in the world of Air, Sapphy finds herself increasingly drawn to the underwater world of Ingo and to her Mer friend, Faro. Ever since, Sapphy has felt withdrawn and restless she can't adjust to her new home and new life, and can't suppress the memories of her father and his mysterious disappearance. It's got me, like a cat with a bird in its claws." Sapphy, Conor and their mum have moved away from the cottage by the cove - away from the memories of their father, who disappeared two years ago - to the nearby town of St Pirans. I'm jolting, juddering, struggling in its grip, but I can't break away. The current is so strong that it crushes me. The world of Ingo is once again brought to life in Helen Dunmore's newest spellbinding sequel "The Tide Knot." "There's a current racing ahead, the colour of the darkest blue velvet. It's got me, like a cat with a bird in its claws." Sapphy, Conor and their mum have moved away from the cottage by the cove - away from the memories of their father, who disappeared two.
