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Diana Wynne Jones


UK flag (1934 - 2011)

Diana Wynne Jones was a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults, as well as a small amount of non-fiction. Some of her better-known works include the Chrestomanci series and the novels Howl's Moving Castle and Dark Lord of Derkholm.
 

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Children's Fiction
 
Series
Dalemark
   1. Cart and Cwidder (1975)
   2. Drowned Ammet (1977)
   3. The Spellcoats (1979)
   4. The Crown of Dalemark (1993)
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Chrestomanci
   1. Charmed Life (1977)
   2. The Magicians of Caprona (1980)
   3. Witch Week (1982)
   4. The Lives of Christopher Chant (1988)
   5. Conrad's Fate (2005)
   6. The Pinhoe Egg (2006)
   7. Mixed Magics (2000)
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Magids
   1. Deep Secret (1997)
   2. The Merlin Conspiracy (2003)
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Derkholm
   1. Dark Lord of Derkholm (1998)
   2. Year of the Griffin (2000)
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Novels
   Changeover (1970)
   Wilkins' Tooth (1973)
     aka Witch's Business
   The Ogre Downstairs (1974)
   Dogsbody (1975)
   The Eight Days of Luke (1975)
   The Time of the Ghost (1981)
   The Homeward Bounders (1981)
   Four Grannies (1981)
   Archer's Goon (1984)
   Fire and Hemlock (1984)
   A Tale of Time City (1987)
   Chair Person (1989)
   Wild Robert (1989)
   Black Maria (1991)
     aka Aunt Maria
   A Sudden Wild Magic (1992)
   Hexwood (1993)
   Everard's Ride (1995)
   Puss in Boots (1999)
   Stealer of Souls (2002)
   Enna Hittims (2006)
   The Game (2007)
   Enchanted Glass (2010)
   Earwig And The Witch (2011)
   The Islands of Chaldea (2014) (with Ursula Jones)
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Collections
   Warlock at the Wheel (1981)
   Stopping for a Spell (1993)
   Minor Arcana (1996)
   Believing Is Seeing (1999)
   Unexpected Magic (2004)
   Vile Visitors (2012)
   3-book Fantasy Collection (2017) (with Norton Juster and T H White)
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Anthologies edited
   Hidden Turnings (1989)
   Fantasy Stories (1994)
   Fantasy: Red Hot Reads (2004)
   Spellbound (2007)
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Series contributed to
MagicQuest
   9. Power of Three (1976)
   12. The Magicians of Caprona (1980)
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Picture Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Diana Wynne Jones recommends
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Ivory Apples (2019)
Lisa Goldstein
"Lisa Goldstein is the perfect, born storyteller."
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Akata Warrior (2017)
Sunny and the Mysteries of Osisi

(Akata Witch, book 2)
Nnedi Okorafor
"Highly original stuff, episode after amazing episode, full of color, life, and death. Nnedi Okorafor's work is wonderful!"
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Frogspell (2011)
(Frogspell, book 1)
C J Busby
"Great fun!"

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Books containing stories by Diana Wynne Jones
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The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (2020)
edited by
Ann Vandermeer and Jeffrey S VanderMeer
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The Mammoth Book of Dark Magic (2013)
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Mike Ashley

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Awards
1985 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Archer's Goon
1986 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Best Book (nominee) : Fire and Hemlock
1996 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel (nominee) : A Sudden Wild Magic
2007 World Fantasy Award - Lifetime Achievement
2009 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction (nominee) : House of Many Ways
2015 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction (nominee) : The Islands of Chaldea


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