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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.
Bridle The Wind
Dido And Pa
A Foot in the Grave
The Stolen Lake
A Necklace Of Raindrops
Go Saddle The Sea
The Teeth of the Gale
Arabel and Mortimer Stories
More Arabel and Mortimer
Arabel's Raven
Arabel, Mortimer and the Escaped Black Mamba
Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur
The Spiral Stair
Eliza's Daughter
The Scream (PB)
The Whispering Mountain (Prequel to the Wolves Chronicles series)
The Scream (HB)
Midwinter Nightingale
The Witch of Clatteringshaws
The Cuckoo Tree
Night Birds On Nantucket
Limbo Lodge
Is
Cold Shoulder Road
Lady Catherine's Necklace
In Thunder's Pocket
Bone And Dream : A St. Boan Mystery
The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase
Black Hearts in Battersea
Mansfield Revisited
The Song Of Mat And Ben
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Jane Fairfax
The Shadow Guests
The Kingdom Under the Sea
The Winter Sleepwalker And Other Stories
Happy Birthday Jane Austen, who was born on this day 1775. Now is the perfect time to read Lady Catherine's Necklace by Joan Aiken.
6 days ago
Happy Birthday Jane Austen, who was born on this day 1775. Now is the perfect time to read Mansfield Revisited by Joan Aiken.
Happy Birthday to Jane Austen who was born on this day 1775. There's no better time to read Lady Catherine's Necklace by Joan Aiken. Published by Jonathan Cape.
Happy Birthday to Jane Austen who was born on this day 1775. There's no better time to read Mansfield Revisited by Joan Aiken. Published by Jonathan Cape.
Happy Birthday to Jane Austen who was born on this day 1775. There's no better time to read Jane Fairfax by Joan Aiken. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Loving The Whispering Mountain (Prequel to the Wolves Chronicles series) by Joan Aiken from Puffin.
11 days ago
You'll love The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken. Published by Puffin.
1 month ago
Loving Is by Joan Aiken from Red Fox.
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