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Joan Aiken was born in Sussex in 1924. She was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken; her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge, is also a novelist. Before joining the 'family business' herself, Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. Her first children's novel, The Kingdom of the Cave, was published in 1960. Joan Aiken wrote over a hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognized as one of the classic authors of the twentieth century. Amanda Craig, writing in The Times, said, 'She was a consummate story-teller, one that each generation discovers anew.' Her best-known books are those in the James III saga, of which The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was the first title, published in 1962 and awarded the Lewis Carroll prize. Both that and Black Hearts in Battersea have been filmed. Her books are internationally acclaimed and she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as the Guardian Award for Fiction in this country for The Whispering Mountain.Joan Aiken was decorated with an MBE for her services to children's books. She died in 2004.
Arabel and Mortimer Stories
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A Foot in the Grave
The Stolen Lake
A Necklace Of Raindrops
Go Saddle The Sea
The Teeth of the Gale
Arabel's Raven
Arabel, Mortimer and the Escaped Black Mamba
Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur
The Spiral Stair
The Scream (PB)
Eliza's Daughter
The Scream (HB)
The Whispering Mountain (Prequel to the Wolves Chronicles series)
The Winter Sleepwalker And Other Stories
The Cuckoo Tree
Night Birds On Nantucket
Midwinter Nightingale
The Witch of Clatteringshaws
Limbo Lodge
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Cold Shoulder Road
Lady Catherine's Necklace
Black Hearts in Battersea
The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase
In Thunder's Pocket
Bone And Dream : A St. Boan Mystery
The Song Of Mat And Ben
Mansfield Revisited
The Shadow Guests
Jane Fairfax
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
The Kingdom Under the Sea
A book that will make you all laugh! Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur by Joan Aiken from Frances Lincoln Children's Books
8 days ago
The Teeth of the Gale by Joan Aiken from Penguin Random House Children's UK
19 days ago
The Teeth of the Gale by Joan Aiken from Red Fox
Who doesn't love storytime. Curl up with your kids and Arabel and Mortimer Stories. The perfect read for storytime! Joan Aiken from Puffin.
1 month ago
Love doughnuts? Try The Spiral Stair by Joan Aiken from Frances Lincoln Children's Books.
On this day 1835, the first instalment of Hans Christian Andersen "Fairy Tales" was published in Denmark. Why not try The Kingdom Under the Sea by Joan Aiken and Jan Pienkowski. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
2 months ago
Why not read Arabel and Mortimer Stories by Joan Aiken. Published by Puffin.
and laugh out loud this #InternationalMomentofLaughterDay Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur by Joan Aiken from Frances Lincoln Children's Books
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