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Diana Wynne Jones
I think I write the kind of books I do because the world suddenly went mad when I was five years old. In late August 1939, on a blistering hot day, my father loaded me and my three-year-old sister, Isobel, into a friend’s car and drove to my grandparents’ manse in Wales. "There’s going to be a war," he explained. He went straight back to London, where my mother was expecting her third baby any day. We were left in the austere company of Mam and Dad (as we were told to call them). Dad, who was a moderator of the Welsh Nonconformist Chapels, was a stately patriarch; Mam was a small browbeaten lady who seemed to us to have no character at all. We were told that she was famous in her youth for her copper hair, her wit, and her beauty, but we saw no sign of any of this.
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award rewards the best in contemporary children's and young adult literature from all over the world. Diana has been shortlisted for the award, the winner of which will be announced in March 2010.
Featured Books, with extracts by Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones has an innate ability to ensure that when you read any of her nvels the storylines are very original, completely unpredictable and nearly always full of wit and humour. Pinhoe's Egg is no exception to this and...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 02/04/2007
Diana Wynne Jones
The Chrestomanci series, of which Charmed Life is the first, provides a wonderful first step to the world of magical fantasy. Written by one of THE pre-eminent English fantasy writers, Diane Wynne Jones back in 1977, it remains original, enchanting...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/03/2006
Books by Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones
A brilliant, intricate and magical novel from the Godmother of British fantasy.
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/01/2010
Diana Wynne Jones
A chaotically magical sequel to Howl's Moving Castle.
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2008
Diana Wynne Jones
A dark castle in Ireland, a mysterious, secret game, and a host of magnificent characters -- Diana Wynne Jones' latest magical offering is a splendid blend of the familiar and the unusual.
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/02/2008
Diana Wynne Jones
When Cat Chant finds the egg in Gammer Pinhoe's attic, he knows he has to have it. Marianne Pinhoe isn't sure what Gammer will think about that, but she lets him take it anyway. The egg eventually hatches within the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/09/2006
